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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






14. As an organizational characteristic - _____ is the assigning of individuals to specific - well-defined tasks.






15. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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...






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






38. 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...






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






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






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






42. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Social needs are...