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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A legal system that requires workers and their managers to discuss major decisions is referred to as....






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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...






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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...






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






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






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






27. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Social needs are...






37. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






39. 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?






40. 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






41. 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.






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






43. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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...






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