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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. The theory behind_____ is quite simple. The MNC works to maintain a stronger bargaining power position than that of the host country.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






16. 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...






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Social needs are...






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






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






26. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






34. 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...






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






46. 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...






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






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






49. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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