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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The return to one's home country from an overseas management assignment is referred to as...






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






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






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






5. The seizure of businesses by a host country with little - if any - compensation to the owners is referred to as...






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






7. The top-ranking goal for professional technical personnel from various countries is...






8. 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.






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






10. _____________ do not encourage the use of centralized decision-making






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






12. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means...






13. Work-motivation theories can be broken down into two general categories which are...






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






15. Social needs are...






16. 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...






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






18. _____ are local managers who are hired by the MNC.






19. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






20. In recent years_______ risk analysis has become of increasing concern to MNCs because of the growing number of countries that are finding their economies in trouble as in Southeast Asia or even worse - unable to make the transition to a market-drive






21. When market liberalization is delayed...






22. 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?






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






24. According to this theory - a great deal of creative potential basically goes untapped and if these abilities can be tapped - workers will provide much higher quantity and quality of output.






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






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






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






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






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






30. A structural arrangement in which domestic divisions are given worldwide responsibility for product groups is referred to as a...






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






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






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






34. In a ____ investment - the goods or services produced are NOT similar to those produced at home.






35. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






40. The objectives of the foreign operation and the ___________ are similar






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. A structure under which global operations are organized on a geographic rather than a product basis is referred to as a...






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






49. An organizational strategy and the accompanying techniques that result in the delivery of high-quality products or services to customers is referred to as...






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