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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. In work motivation - factors internally controlled - such as responsibility - achievement and the work itself are referred to as...






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






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






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






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






6. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






9. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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






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






26. 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?






27. 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.






28. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






29. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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