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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A structural arrangement that handles all international operations out of a division created for this purpose is referred to as a...






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Social needs are...






18. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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...






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






36. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






39. 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?






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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...






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






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






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






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






50. 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