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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Training programs are useful in preparing people for overseas assignments for many reasons. These reasons can be put into two general categories which are...






2. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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...






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






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






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






13. Social needs are...






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






15. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






19. 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






20. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






21. 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...






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






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






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






26. 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?






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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...






32. 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.






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






34. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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