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International Management

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






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






3. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






9. Social needs are...






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






28. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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...






47. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






48. 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.






49. 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?






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






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