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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Typically - MNCs utilizing this approach to strategic planning use a country-centered or multi-domestic strategy.






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






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






4. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






5. 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...






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






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






8. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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?






24. 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...






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






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






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






28. 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...






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






30. 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.






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






32. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






35. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






40. Social needs are...






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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