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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. _____ are local managers who are hired by the MNC.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






28. 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...






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






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






31. 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...






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






47. 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?






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






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






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