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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Price controls - financing restrictions - export commitments - taxes and local-sourcing requirements are examples of...






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






31. 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...






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






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






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






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






36. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. When market liberalization is delayed...






45. 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.






46. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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