A .U. S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit and
build a team. He is almost dome with the assignmrnt and describes the entire opportunity as being exciting and
challenging. He wants to stay in Europe further and hopes to go on future international assignments. According
to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following stages of the cross-cultural adjustment cycle is the manager
in?
An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. It has five locations, one in the U.S.
(headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The foreign operations are relatively
new, fully operational only within the last 5 years. During this time, each office has caucused on building both
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technical and managerial talent within its own site. Once a year the executive team from headquarters visits
each office to meet with the managers at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year’s strategic goals and
objectives. Which of the following stages of globalization BEST descries the phase this company is in?
A high-tech company based in the United States has a successful R&D office in Bangalore, India. The headquarters wants to expand its business in the U.S. by adding a new product line and has identified this project as its most important objective in the mid-term. The management team believes that creating an international assignment program, specifically extended business travel, will help run the project smoothly. After conducting extensive research, the HR manager found that this program will cost $400,000 as an initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year, but it will generate $10,000,000 in additional revenue in the first year and $5,000,000 in the second year due to product customization to customer demand. What is the return on investment in the first year?