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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Which of the following leaders takes action or intervenes in situations only when standards are NOT met?






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






10. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






17. When market liberalization is delayed...






18. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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...






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






28. 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...






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.