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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. _____________ do not encourage the use of centralized decision-making






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Social needs are...






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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...






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






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






19. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






21. 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






22. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






33. 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...






34. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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...






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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