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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Which of the following leaders takes action or intervenes in situations only when standards are NOT met?






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






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






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






5. Social needs are...






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






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






8. 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...






9. 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...






10. 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?






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






12. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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...






49. 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.






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