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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. In work motivation - factors internally controlled - such as responsibility - achievement and the work itself are referred to as...






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






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






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






5. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






11. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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...






19. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






37. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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






42. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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...






49. 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






50. 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.