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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In general - some evidence suggests that testing is...






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






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






4. When market liberalization is delayed...






5. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Social needs are...






22. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. 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?






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






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






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






34. 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...






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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