BUS 325 Week 9 Quiz – Strayer New
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8 Chapter 8
International
Compensation
TRUE/FALSE
1. Increased complexities in global pay include
the decreased use of outsourced activities and subsequent labor pricing needs.
2. The competing objectives of the international
firm and the expatriate employee are fundamentally different from that which
exists in a domestic environment.
3. The term “base salary” acquires a somewhat
different meaning when employees go abroad.
4. Base salary must be paid in local country
currency.
5. Foreign service inducements are usually made
in the form of a percentage of salary and usually amount to 30 to 60 percent of
base pay.
6. The provision of a relocation allowance
implies that employees should be entitled to maintain their home country living
standards.
7. Many employers cover the expense of one or
more trips back to the home country each year.
8. The provision of a cost-of-living allowance
implies that the cost-of-living in the foreign assignment is higher than at
home.
9. PCNs and TCNs do not usually receive the same
treatment concerning educational expenses.
10. Pension plans are very easy to deal with from
country-to-country, as national practices are similar
11. The Going Rate Approach is based on local market
rates.
12. With the Going Rate Approach, if the location
is in a low-pay country, the multinational usually supplements base pay with
additional benefits and payments.
13. The Balance Sheet Approach links the base
salary for PCNs and TCN to the salary structure of the relevant home country.
14. Generally the developed countries tend to
rank as more expensive than developing countries because their wage costs are
higher.
15. It is a common practice for MNEs to use a
home-country balance sheet approach for TCNs except in the USA.
16. “Universal” pay systems may be preferred by
corporate pay planners rather than having to deal with myriad “Local” systems.
17. Firms will never provide standardized “core”
pay in the global firm.
18. Paying TCNs according to their home-country
base salary can be less expensive than paying all expatriates on a PCN scale.
19. MNEs using the Balance Sheet approach to
international compensation are constantly updating compensation packages for
cost of living changes.
20. Obtaining up to date information on
international living costs is a constant issue for multinationals.
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. Successfully managing compensation and benefits in a multinational
context:
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a.
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Requires
knowledge of employment and taxation law, customs, environment, and
employment practices of many foreign countries
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b.
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Requires
the use of both the going rate approach and the balance sheet approach to
international compensation
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c.
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Does
not require familiarity with currency fluctuations
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d.
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Does
not require the use of any kind of base salary
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2. In a domestic context, base salary:
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a.
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Is
the primary component of a package of allowances
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b.
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Includes
cost-of-living allowance
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c.
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Denotes
the amount of cash compensation serving as a benchmark for other compensation
elements
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d.
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Is
determined by using the Going Rate Approach
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