Exam Question Paper

College / Institute College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences

Department Brunel Business School
Exam Author(s) Chima Mordi
Module Code MG2133
Module Title Human Resources Management in Its International Dimensions
Month May Year 2021/22
Exam Type Main Format
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Number of Questions 4

ANSWER TWO out of the FOUR QUESTIONS provided. Note that question one is
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Section A : This question is COMPULSORY.

1. Describe the steps in individual objective setting for performance appraisal. Discuss the advantages
and disadvantages associated with the use of 360 degree feedback in organisations.

Section B: Answer ONE from the THREE questions provided.

2. What is training and development? What are some of the most common forms of training and
development offered to people going on international assignments or working in a different context?
Identify and describe three of them.

3. Discuss workplace diversity and the potential business benefits that have been attributed to those
multinational organizations that value and actively encourage workforce diversity.

4. You have been appointed as the new CEO of Tesco Stores and you want to restructure the
workforce by recruiting more part time workers. Critically discuss Atkinson’s theory on the flexible firm and
the growth in non-standard work employment in a country of your choice or Britain. Provide evidence that
employers are reorganising the workforce in the way identified in the flexible firm?

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