1. Managerial Style
The factors that influence the decision as to whether to staff the top job with a headquarters or local appointment. Policies for staffing include those distinguished by Welch (Welch, D. 1994: HRM implications of globalization, Journal of General Management, 19 (4) pp )

2. 1. Ethnocentric policy: staffing key posts with headquarters country managers.
2. Polycentric policy: staffing key posts with local managers.
3. Regiocentric policy: staffing key posts throughout the region using regional staff.
4. Geocentric policy: the best people everywhere in the world are developed for key positions everywhere in the world – including headquarters.

3. Alternatives 3 and 4 apply specifically to transnational management
Alternatives 3 and 4 apply specifically to transnational management. Alternatives 1 and 2 have wider application, and this binary distinction is sufficient here.