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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A legal system that requires workers and their managers to discuss major decisions is referred to as....






2. In work motivation - factors internally controlled - such as responsibility - achievement and the work itself are referred to as...






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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?






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






8. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Social needs are...






37. 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






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






39. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






40. 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.






41. 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...






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






43. 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






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






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






46. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






49. When market liberalization is delayed...






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