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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A key success factor is a factor that is necessary for a firm to compete effectively in a...






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






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






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






5. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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?






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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. 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...






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






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






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






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






40. 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...






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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...






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






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






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






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