HRCI GPHR Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 15

A company decides to develop a bonus program as an incentive for employees to increase the number of corporate-owned patents and product innovations. The human resources department is responsible for measuring the increase in the number of patents over time and the increase in the number of R&D projects. Which of the following types of measure BEST describes these metrics?

A company is evaluating its performance appraisal method for its international office in Japan. According to Japanese culture, feedback should be formal and focused around the performance of the group. Similarly, rewards should be applied evenly across those at the same level within a group and progressively increase as you go up the hierarchy. Which of the following performance appraisal methods would be the most effective tool to manage their performance?

A U.S. based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since the greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority engineering projects and has trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited managers in Bangalore. Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing milestones, where the engineering management ream is working closely with the product manager. The management team understands that it must create an international assignment program to have this project run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate program. In order to confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research. The analysis shows that extended business travel will result in $10,000,000 addition revenue in the first year and $5,000,000 additional revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to customer demand. The cost of the program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year. What is the return on investment in the first year?

Which of the following addresses the range and breadth of details related to international assignments?

Which of the following actions is a PRIMARY deterrent against employees organizing to form labor unions?

What should be the first step when developing a global HR strategic plan?

An organization is creating an incentive pay plan for its global executives. Due to time pressures, the HR Director is not able to perform a complete analysis as to the measures that should be evaluated for each executive. Therefore, since the focus of the organization this year is on meeting revenue targets in order to reach break-even in 2 years, the HR Director and CEO recommend to the Board of Directors an incentive plan for each executive tied to this year's revenue only. Which of the following statements is true in regards to the incentive pay plan?

A U.S. based high tech company is considering building a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Which of the following factors is the LEAST relevant in considering whither to build a new global enterprise or not?

Which of the following cultural ramifications affect the design stage of global training development process?