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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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...






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






30. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






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






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






43. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






44. 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






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






46. 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...






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






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






49. 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.






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