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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. William Ouchi's theory of leadership - which combines Japanese and U.S. assumptions and approaches to leader behavior is referred to as...






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






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






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






5. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






8. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






9. 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.






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






11. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






13. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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...






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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...






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






37. 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?






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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