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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction. These are...






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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?






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Social needs are...






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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