1. Which best characterizes today's global organization?

A) Any organization with operations in both developed and emerging economies and established cultural diversity to achieve success
B) Any large multinational corporation with global subsidiaries, vast resources, and a network of mobile global subject matter experts
C) Any organization, large or small, whose processes, actions, and decisions are firmly rooted in a carefully conceived global strategy
D) Any organization that is grossing more than $1 million and doing business in more than two countries and that has a diversity of thought



2. Which is critical for HR to understand when considering forces for globalization?

A) Determining whether a force is political, technological, economic, or social
B) Identifying whether a force will have a positive or negative impact
C) Learning whether a force's origin is an emerging or a developed economy
D) Understanding which forces are significant to the organization and to HR responsibilities



3. Which critical role does HR need to assume in light of globalization?

A) Overseeing workforce management policy shifts due to increased offshoring
B) Balancing an organization's global strategy with policy localization to reflect national cultures and laws
C) Ensuring that an organization's global strategy isn't influenced by its workforce's local cultures
D) Ensuring that local management isn't prejudiced by global policies



4. How does hyperconnectivity assist an organization in achieving its strategic goals?

A) Through the digital interconnection of people and things, any time and any place
B) Through the economic interconnection between emerging and developed economies
C) Through the interconnection of all PESTLE forces: political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental
D) Through the significant increase in the speed of broadband connections



5. Which characterizes globalization?

A) Global markets, economies, and technologies are increasingly interconnected.
B) Technology has become globalization's single shaping force.
C) Developed economies play an increasingly dominant role in globalization.
D) Global interconnections reached a peak in the 1980s and 1990s and have since decreased.