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Organizational Culture
Creativity & Innovation
International HR
Ethics
Research & Leadership
100
Describes characteristics that are temporary and capable of being changed
What is climate?
100
An ability to produce original, inventive and valuable ideas or concepts.
What is creativity?
100
-How well do we know the culture and laws of the foreign country, and are we willing to invest the time and effort necessary to acquire an adequate understanding? • What is the availability of labor? What are the unemployment levels in the foreign country and what are their participation rates? • What are the labor costs in the foreign country and what kind of labor cost savings could we expect to achieve? • What are the laws protecting employees from being terminated and can we layoff employees if we downsize? • Can we communicate effectively with people in the foreign country or will there be translation and communication problems. • What will be the cost of managing a foreign facility, including shipping costs and expatriate allowances?
What are some of the important considerations that should be carefully evaluated before a company decides to locate a manufacturing facility in another country?
100
Provides a general standards of acceptable conduct for members of the organization.
What is a code of ethics?
100
-Archive data -Observations -Interviews -Questionnaires
What are four types of data for HR research?
200
Refers to organizational rules and beliefs that are relatively enduring and resistant to change
What is culture?
200
The process of turning original, inventive and valuable ideas or concepts into products and services that will actually be used.
What is innovation?
200
-Import-Export Firms -Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) -Global Firms
What are the stages of international HR management?
200
Department expected to monitor the ethical practices in their companies and protect the interests of employees
What is human resources?
200
Shows the relationship between one variable and several other variables.
What is regression analysis?
300
-Expectations of founders and leaders -Member contributions -Historical accommodations
What complex combination of forces create a culture?
300
-Preparation -Incubation -Insight -Verification
What are the four phases of the creative process?
300
-Power distance -Uncertainty avoidance -Individualism versus collectivism -Masculinity versus femininity
What are cultural values used to explain differing reactions to problems in organizational life?
300
Privacy in the workplace -Conflicts of interest -Ethics of technology -Bribes, payoffs, and kickbacks -Whistle blowing -Deceptive practices -Forms of organizational abuse
What are potential ethical issues in an organization?
300
When one individual influences others to do something voluntarily that they otherwise would not have done.
What is leadership?
400
-Employee selection and discipline -Rewards and status allocation -Leaders reactions -Rites and ceremonies -Stories and symbols -Reactions to problems
What are the forces that maintain an organization's culture?
400
Creating a supportive climate that fosters exploration and rewards new insights.
What is the best way to increase creativity?
400
-Inability to adjust to host country culture -Personal and emotional problems -Difficulties with the environment -Inability to cope with larger international responsibilities -Other family issues
What are reasons for expatriate failure?
400
A situation where a person who has a responsibility to act in the best interests of a company may receive direct personal benefit from his or her actions at the expense of or to the detriment of the company.
What is a conflict of interest?
400
-Leadership training -Managerial selection and placement -Organizational engineering -Rewarding leader behavior
What are the four most popular methods of increasing leadership effectiveness?
500
- Conduct a culture audit - Assess the need for change. - Unfreeze the current culture. - Elicit support from the cultural elite. - Implement an intervention strategy. - Monitor and evaluate.
What are the steps for changing an organization's culture?
500
-hire people with a history of creativity -train current employees in the creative process
What are two ways to increase creativity?
500
-compensation -relocation -tax equalization -housing -schools -assimilation programs
What are some of the costs of an international assignment?
500
Requires publicly traded companies & their independent auditors to demonstrate to the SEC that their numbers are accurate and that they have processes in place to ensure accurate reporting
What is the Sarbanes Oxley Act?
500
Leaders who focus on changing the attitudes and assumptions of employees and building commitment for the organization’s mission, objectives, and strategies.
What are transformational leaders?