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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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?






10. 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...






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






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






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






14. 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...






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






16. When market liberalization is delayed...






17. 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






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






19. 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.






20. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






48. Social needs are...






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






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