A | B |
Contributor | nat'l subsidiary w/distinctive competence, such as product development |
Implementer | typical subsidiary role, involving implementing a strategy that originates w/hq's |
Output Controls | org controls (BS, sales date, production data, product-line growth, performance reviews of personnel) |
Behavioral Controls | org controls that involve influencing how activities are conducted |
Adaptability Screening | selection procudere involving interviewing both candidate and his/her family members for overseas assignment to determine how well they are likely to adapt to another culture |
Base Salary | salary not including special payments such as allowances paid during overseas assignments |
Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) | allowance paid during assignment overseas to enable employee to maintain same standard of living as at home |
Foreign Service Premium | financial incentive to accept assignment overseas, usually paid as % of base salary |
Hardship Allowance | allowance paid during assignment to oversedas area that requires major adaptation |
Housing Allowance | allowance paid during assignment overseas to provide appropriate living quarters |
Tax-Equalization Plan | reimbursement by co. when employee in overseas assignment pays taxes at higher rate than at home |
Education Allowance | reimbursement by co. for dependent educational expenses incurred while parent assigned overseas |
Codetermination | mgmt approach in which employees are represented on supervisory boards to facilitate communication and collaboration btw mgmt and labor |
Minority Participation | participation by group having fewer than # of votes necessary for control |
Works Councils | councils that provide labor a say in corp decision-making through representative body that may consist entirely of workers, or of combination of mgrs and workers |