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International Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. As far as __________ are concerned - European firms are as centralized than American firms
Heterogeneous product lines
Global
Organizational and personal
Control measures
2. This is an agreement in which two or more partners own and control an overseas business.
Social conditions
Training
Specialized operations
Joint venture
3. 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.
Transformational
Ethnocentric
Organizational and personal
Goal-setting theory
4. In work motivation - factors internally controlled - such as responsibility - achievement and the work itself are referred to as...
International division structure
Participative
Job content factors
Conglomerate
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?
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
International
Inpatriate
Polycentric
6. These agreements typically require payment of a fee upfront and then a percentage of the revenues.
Joint venture
Paternalistic
Not extremely popular among MNCs
Franchise
7. In a ____ investment - the goods or services produced are NOT similar to those produced at home.
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
Control measures
Codetermination
Conglomerate
8. An individual from a host-country or a third-country national who is assigned to work in the home country is a...
Inpatriate
Market niche
Specialization
Training
9. The external control process differs from the internal control in that the external control...
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Inpatriate
Ethnocentric
Transformational
10. 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...
Followers
the need for power and status
Social conditions
Theory Z
11. _____________ do not encourage the use of centralized decision-making
Polycentric
Heterogeneous product lines
Specialized operations
Specialization
12. A structural arrangement that handles all international operations out of a division created for this purpose is referred to as a...
International division structure
Strategy implementation
Training
Global
13. Which of the following MNCs places local nationals in key positions and allows these managers to appoint and develop their own people?
Content and process
Polycentric
Theory Y
Financial incentives
14. 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...
Participative
Transnational network structure
Polycentric
Organizational and personal
15. Over the past decade political risk has become...
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
Franchise
Theory Z
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
16. To motivate employees - especially in foreign countries with high individualism companies tend to offer...
Financial incentives
Training
Market niche
Specialization
17. ________ are designed to tap specialized expertise or other resources in the company's worldwide subsidiaries.
Specialized operations
Specialization
Macro
Environmental scanning
18. The seizure of businesses by a host country with little - if any - compensation to the owners is referred to as...
Expropriation
Participative
Job content factors
Centralization
19. An organizational strategy and the accompanying techniques that result in the delivery of high-quality products or services to customers is referred to as...
Theory Y
Total quality management
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
corporate objectives
20. A legal system that requires workers and their managers to discuss major decisions is referred to as....
Ralative bargaining power
Joint venture
A hygiene factor
Codetermination
21. 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...
Franchise
Lump-sum method
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
Inpatriate
22. The adjustment model of the selection procedure for international assignments would include...
Training and previous experience
Joint venture
Paternalistic
Host-country nationals
23. 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.
Horizontal
Theory Y
Transnational network structure
Paternalistic
24. The top-ranking goal for professional technical personnel from various countries is...
Control measures
Training
Participative
Training and previous experience
25. Expatriate salaries typically are set according to the base pay of...
Total quality management
The home country
Followers
Macro
26. Social needs are...
the need for power and status
The home country
Host-country nationals
Heterogeneous product lines
27. ______ risk issues often take forms such as industry regulation - taxes on specific types of business activity and various restrictive local laws.
Social conditions
Micro
The home country
Extractive companies
28. The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction. These are...
Hygiene - motivators
the need for power and status
Market niche
Joint venture
29. Training programs are useful in preparing people for overseas assignments for many reasons. These reasons can be put into two general categories which are...
Joint venture
International division structure
Hygiene - motivators
Organizational and personal
30. This strategy is appropriate when the need for national responsiveness is low and the need for globalization integration is high.
Global
Not extremely popular among MNCs
Heterogeneous product lines
International
31. _____ are local managers who are hired by the MNC.
A hygiene factor
Entrepreneurship
Host-country nationals
Indirect
32. As an organizational characteristic - _____ is the assigning of individuals to specific - well-defined tasks.
Theory Y
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Universal
Specialization
33. 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.
Goal-setting theory
Participative
foreign currency
ISO 9000
34. The process of providing goods and services in accord with a plan of action is...
Strategy implementation
Hygiene - motivators
Organizational and personal
Centralization
35. A global functional division structure is used primarily by...
Theory Z
Extractive companies
foreign currency
Operational risks
36. The return to one's home country from an overseas management assignment is referred to as...
Repatriation
Transnational network structure
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
International division structure
37. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means...
Goal-setting theory
Continuous improvement
Content and process
Expropriation
38. The objectives of the foreign operation and the ___________ are similar
Paternalistic
Training and previous experience
Content and process
corporate objectives
39. Which type of leadership is popular in many technologically advanced countries?
Participative
Host-country nationals
Micro
Lump-sum method
40. The first assumption about the motivation process is that it is...
Universal
Social conditions
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
Theory Y
41. According to Bass - the most effective leaders were characterized by four interrelated factors. These are...
Joint venture
Continuous improvement
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
42. In general - some evidence suggests that testing is...
Content and process
Organizational and personal
Not extremely popular among MNCs
corporate objectives
43. Work-motivation theories can be broken down into two general categories which are...
Theory Y
Content and process
Strategy implementation
Participative
44. 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
Environmental scanning
Followers
Continuous improvement
Expropriation
45. A key success factor is a factor that is necessary for a firm to compete effectively in a...
Micro
Market niche
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Participative
46. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...
International division structure
Universal
foreign currency
Centralization
47. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...
The home country
Followers
foreign currency
International division structure
48. When market liberalization is delayed...
Training and previous experience
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
Inpatriate
Strategy implementation
49. Although a number of approaches to decision-making are used around the world - the overall trend currently is toward...
Indirect
the need for power and status
Ethnocentric
Centralization
50. 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.
Transformational
Training and previous experience
foreign currency
Theory Y