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International Management

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. Social needs are...






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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...






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






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






15. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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...






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






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






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






26. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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. 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...






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






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






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






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