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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. The objectives of the foreign operation and the ___________ are similar






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






9. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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. 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.






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






14. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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...






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






21. 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...






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






23. 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.






24. 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...






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






50. 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...