Download GTU (Gujarat Technological University) MBA (Master of Business Administration) 2019 Summer 3rd Sem 3539284 Global Human Resource Management. Previous Question Paper
Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA ? SEMESTER (3) ? EXAMINATION ? SUMMER 2019
Subject Code:3539284 Date: 06/05/2019
Subject Name: Global Human resource management.
Time:02.30 PM to 05.30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.
No.
Question Text and Description Ma
rks
Q.1 Give brief idea about:
a) Repatriation Process.
b) Expatriates.
c) Retrenchment
d) Host Country
e) Ethnocentric
f) Social Dumping
g) Ethical Relativism.
14
Q.2 (a) Define GHRM. Explain the difference between GHRM and domestic
HRM
07
(b) Explain in depth why expatriate assignment fails. Briefly underpin the
criteria used for selection of expatriate
07
OR
(b) Briefly explain the role of trade union in MNC. Explain in short how
participative management can help in for shaping good industrial relation.
07
Q.3 (a) IHRM is emerging as recent study. Discuss in detail IHRM trends and
future challenges.
07
(b) Performance Management System serves as an important yardstick for
measurement of performance. What are the various issues and criteria to
be taken care while adjusting the KPI as per various culture.
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Define Trade Union. What are the key issues in managing global
Industrial Relations
07
(b) Define Culture. Explain Hofstede model on culture and workplace. 07
Q.4 (a) What is the philosophy of International Staffing? Explain approaches to
International staffing
07
(b) You have been asked to accept an international assignment that involves
working in America for 2 years and in JAPAN for 6 months. The employer
is providing for an additional benefit but is not ready to offer a job
guarantee post assignment. Validate the situation by measuring the pros and
cons for acceptance of an international assignment.
07
OR
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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA ? SEMESTER (3) ? EXAMINATION ? SUMMER 2019
Subject Code:3539284 Date: 06/05/2019
Subject Name: Global Human resource management.
Time:02.30 PM to 05.30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.
No.
Question Text and Description Ma
rks
Q.1 Give brief idea about:
a) Repatriation Process.
b) Expatriates.
c) Retrenchment
d) Host Country
e) Ethnocentric
f) Social Dumping
g) Ethical Relativism.
14
Q.2 (a) Define GHRM. Explain the difference between GHRM and domestic
HRM
07
(b) Explain in depth why expatriate assignment fails. Briefly underpin the
criteria used for selection of expatriate
07
OR
(b) Briefly explain the role of trade union in MNC. Explain in short how
participative management can help in for shaping good industrial relation.
07
Q.3 (a) IHRM is emerging as recent study. Discuss in detail IHRM trends and
future challenges.
07
(b) Performance Management System serves as an important yardstick for
measurement of performance. What are the various issues and criteria to
be taken care while adjusting the KPI as per various culture.
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Define Trade Union. What are the key issues in managing global
Industrial Relations
07
(b) Define Culture. Explain Hofstede model on culture and workplace. 07
Q.4 (a) What is the philosophy of International Staffing? Explain approaches to
International staffing
07
(b) You have been asked to accept an international assignment that involves
working in America for 2 years and in JAPAN for 6 months. The employer
is providing for an additional benefit but is not ready to offer a job
guarantee post assignment. Validate the situation by measuring the pros and
cons for acceptance of an international assignment.
07
OR
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Q.4 (a) What are the key components of international compensation program.
Discuss in short, the various approaches to international compensation
like balance sheet approach and going rate approach.
07
(b) What is pre-departure training? List out the components of effective pre-
departure training program.
07
Q.5
Mr. Mathew Kurien has been repatriated form his international assignment in
Japan and America after serving for 5 years. Mr.Mathew experience has been an
enriching one wherein he has learnt all the aspects of finance More importantly, it
had brought him in control with different work approaches and procedures and he
had interacted with American expatriates from headquarters as well as the local
Japanese. Even though his previous position had been in the Asia Pacific Regional
Office, it had not provided him with the same exposure as he employed in Japan.
Mr.Mathew knew that he had gained valuable experience and self-confidence as
a result
Due to international assignment the family has faced a difficult time. The two kids
school needed to be shifted from time to time like in America and then in japan
and then in India. The wife has also left the job before leaving for America and
Japan .She has taken an additional degree as per the need in America and Japan.
She has started working and the moment she was settling the news of resifting
back to India came.
The company has been considerably planning a change in the international
assignment. The internal assignment was now focused more on Headquarters in
the state had decided to reorganize the entire global operation and, as a result, the
Regional office was to be upgraded to a Regional Headquarters and relocated in
Japan. Mr. Mathew knew that it made sound business sense ?most of the Asian
Pacific activity was centered around the Japanese facility and its South East Asian
and Chinese markets.
Mr.Mathew position will now be filled by someone from either headquarters or,
more probably, from Japan. His boss has made that quite clear. The position which
he enjoyed initially will be occupied by someone from abroad. There was no other
option left for him rather than accepting the offer to move back to India. Both his
children and wife were also supposed to be shifted in India.
In India again, wife needs to relook job and to her surprise her added degree has
no value in Indian context. Children schooling was very different as compared to
international assignment. They found it difficult to accept the syllabus and
mingling with the Indian crowd was also very difficult.
Move to India came as cultural shock to him and his family. Working in Indian
culture has been a devastating experience with a bureaucratic approach. The salary
trauma has also been quite a depressing experience with an in-hand experience of
reduced salary by almost 50%. After working for almost 7 month in India now
Mr. Mathew finally thinks that he would shift back To America and conclude that
he has done blunder by accepting an international assignment which could be even
called as career suicide.
(a) Why did Mr.Mathew felt that he gained valuable experience in the Japanese
Subsidiary of US MNC?
07
(b) Why did Mr.Mathew felt that his wife faced difficult times during his foreign
assignment and What type of problems did children face after coming ?home??
07
OR
Q.5 (a) Mathew thought that ?my acceptance of the international assignment has been
career suicide?-why
07
(b)
What are certain aspects one should take care while repatriation of an
employee so that it does not come as a shock to him.
07
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