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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. The output control in which profit responsibility is shared with product and geographic units is characteristic of a...






2. 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






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






4. Social needs are...






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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...






26. 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...






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






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






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






30. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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...






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






39. 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...






40. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






50. 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.