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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means...






2. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






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






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






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






7. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Social needs are...






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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?






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






33. 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...






34. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






37. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






48. 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






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






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