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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. The top-ranking goal for professional technical personnel from various countries is...






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






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






4. 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






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?






6. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






30. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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...






37. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






49. 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...






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