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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The top-ranking goal for professional technical personnel from various countries is...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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...






20. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






31. 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.






32. Social needs are...






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






34. 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?






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






41. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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