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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This strategy is appropriate when the need for national responsiveness is low and the need for globalization integration is high.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. The theory behind_____ is quite simple. The MNC works to maintain a stronger bargaining power position than that of the host country.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. ______ risk issues often take forms such as industry regulation - taxes on specific types of business activity and various restrictive local laws.






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






20. 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?






21. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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...






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






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






42. 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...






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






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