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International Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Controls that use reports and other written forms of communication to control operations are...






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






17. 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...






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






19. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






21. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. 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...






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






43. 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...






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






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






46. Social needs are...






47. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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