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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This is an agreement in which two or more partners own and control an overseas business.






2. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






4. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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...






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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...






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






34. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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