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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. When market liberalization is delayed...






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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?






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






22. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






24. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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...






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






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






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






44. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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