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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Expatriate salaries typically are set according to the base pay of...






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. 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...






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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...






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






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






44. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






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