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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ are local managers who are hired by the MNC.






2. According to Bass - the most effective leaders were characterized by four interrelated factors. These are...






3. The external control process differs from the internal control in that the external control...






4. William Ouchi's theory of leadership - which combines Japanese and U.S. assumptions and approaches to leader behavior is referred to as...






5. A key success factor is a factor that is necessary for a firm to compete effectively in a...






6. Training programs are useful in preparing people for overseas assignments for many reasons. These reasons can be put into two general categories which are...






7. Although a number of approaches to decision-making are used around the world - the overall trend currently is toward...






8. In general - some evidence suggests that testing is...






9. An approach to developing an expatriate compensation package that involves giving the expat a predetermined amount of money and letting the individual make his/her own decisions regarding how to spend it is referred to as the...






10. Which type of leadership is popular in many technologically advanced countries?






11. These agreements typically require payment of a fee upfront and then a percentage of the revenues.






12. MNCs attempt to manage political risk through a quantification process - to derive an overall rating of the degree of political risk in a given jurisdiction. However they can't quite quantify...






13. One of the most important foci in _____ is the market and includes the role of all potential competitors and the relationships surrounding those competitors - such as affiliation with one another or the connection between the company and its custome






14. The process of providing goods and services in accord with a plan of action is...






15. Salary under Herzberg's theory is...






16. The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction. These are...






17. A legal system that requires workers and their managers to discuss major decisions is referred to as....






18. These leaders expect everyone to work hard; in turn - the employees will be guaranteed employment and given security benefits such as medical and retirement programs.






19. Which of the following leaders takes action or intervenes in situations only when standards are NOT met?






20. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






21. When market liberalization is delayed...






22. The adjustment model of the selection procedure for international assignments would include...






23. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






24. As far as __________ are concerned - European firms are as centralized than American firms






25. Social needs are...






26. A multinational structural arrangement that combines elements of function - product and geographic designs - while relying on a network arrangement to link worldwide subsidiaries is referred to as a...






27. Over the past decade political risk has become...






28. To motivate employees - especially in foreign countries with high individualism companies tend to offer...






29. The theory that focuses on how individuals go about setting goals and responding to them and the overall impact of this process on motivation is...






30. As an organizational characteristic - _____ is the assigning of individuals to specific - well-defined tasks.






31. These leaders are visionary agents with a sense of mission - who are capable of motivating their followers to accept new goals and new ways of doing things.






32. When the need for national responsiveness is low and the need for global integration is also low - which of the following strategies would be appropriate?






33. A global functional division structure is used primarily by...






34. The first assumption about the motivation process is that it is...






35. ________ are designed to tap specialized expertise or other resources in the company's worldwide subsidiaries.






36. An individual from a host-country or a third-country national who is assigned to work in the home country is a...






37. Which of the following MNCs places local nationals in key positions and allows these managers to appoint and develop their own people?






38. As a general statement - most evidence indicates that European managers tend to use this approach to leadership.






39. The output control in which profit responsibility is shared with product and geographic units is characteristic of a...






40. Expatriate salaries typically are set according to the base pay of...






41. A structural arrangement that handles all international operations out of a division created for this purpose is referred to as a...






42. Typically - MNCs utilizing this approach to strategic planning use a country-centered or multi-domestic strategy.






43. _______ investments involve the production of goods or services that are the same as those produced at home.






44. This strategy is appropriate when the need for national responsiveness is low and the need for globalization integration is high.






45. The return to one's home country from an overseas management assignment is referred to as...






46. These MNCs do all of their training at their headquarters.






47. Price controls - financing restrictions - export commitments - taxes and local-sourcing requirements are examples of...






48. This is an agreement in which two or more partners own and control an overseas business.






49. Most research in international human resource management has been _____ - because these theories examine motivation in more general terms and are more useful in creating a composite picture of employee motivation in a particular country or region.






50. Controls that use reports and other written forms of communication to control operations are...