Robin Is a Human Resources Manager

question 22

Multiple Choice

Robin is a human resources manager. She has taken a position with a large multinational corporation. She is concerned about the differences between labor-management practices in the U.S. and other countries. You could tell her that:

• A) most countries require that the protection of U.S. laws be extended to non-U.S. employees in workplaces outside the U.S.
• B) the laws and regulations of other countries create more extensive and costlier employer obligations than do employment laws in the United States.
• C) in many countries, a "social plan" is needed before a U.S. firm can close down or curtail operations in a foreign country
• D) the legal environment for managers is much more important to understand than the cultural environment
• E) there is no difference in how human resource management tasks are performed in the U.S. and in the rest of the world

Determine appropriate global entry strategies based on business size, risk tolerance, and capital availability.

Assess the risks and benefits of global franchising.

Understand the differences between the B2B and B2C buying processes.

Identify the roles within a buying center and the decision-making process.

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Definitions:

Right-Skewed

Describes a distribution of data where the tail on the right side of the histogram is longer or extends further than the tail on the left side, indicating that the median is less than the mean.

Standard Deviation

A metric that calculates the spread or variability of a dataset in comparison to its average, showing the extent to which the data points deviate.

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution of data that forms a symmetric bell curve, indicating that the data follows a normal distribution pattern.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.