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International Management

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






8. 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






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






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






11. This certification is becoming a necessary prerequisite to doing business in the EU and also is increasingly used as a screening criterion for bidding on contracts or getting business in the United States and other parts of the world.






12. 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...






13. 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?






14. Social needs are...






15. 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...






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






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






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






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






20. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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...






28. When market liberalization is delayed...






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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