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International Management

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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...






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






12. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






16. 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...






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






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






19. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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...






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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...






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






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






40. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






42. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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