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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A legal system that requires workers and their managers to discuss major decisions is referred to as....






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






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






4. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






14. 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.






15. 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...






16. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






17. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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?






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. Social needs are...






37. 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...






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






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






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






41. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






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






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