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International Management

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






19. 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...






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






21. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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?






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






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






30. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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...






39. When market liberalization is delayed...






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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