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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






13. 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...






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






15. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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...






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






37. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






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






39. 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?






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






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






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






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






44. Social needs are...






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






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






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






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






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






50. When market liberalization is delayed...