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International Management

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






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






3. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






13. 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.






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






15. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






21. When market liberalization is delayed...






22. 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.






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






24. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Social needs are...






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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






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






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







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