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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A structural arrangement in which domestic divisions are given worldwide responsibility for product groups is referred to as a...






2. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






3. 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?






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






5. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






8. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means...






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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...






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






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






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






38. Social needs are...






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






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






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






42. When market liberalization is delayed...






43. 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...






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






49. 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...






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