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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Which of the following MNCs places local nationals in key positions and allows these managers to appoint and develop their own people?






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






3. 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...






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






5. 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...






6. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






28. Social needs are...






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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?






33. 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.






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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...






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






47. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






50. When market liberalization is delayed...