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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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...






45. When market liberalization is delayed...






46. 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.






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






48. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






49. 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






50. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...