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International Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of the following MNCs places local nationals in key positions and allows these managers to appoint and develop their own people?
Conglomerate
Continuous improvement
Micro
Polycentric
2. _____ are local managers who are hired by the MNC.
Lump-sum method
Content-oriented
Host-country nationals
Global area division structure
3. 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...
Lump-sum method
International
Financial incentives
Repatriation
4. The first assumption about the motivation process is that it is...
Passive management-by-exception leader
Codetermination
International
Universal
5. 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...
Expropriation
Transnational network structure
Inpatriate
Repatriation
6. 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...
International
Social conditions
A hygiene factor
Global
7. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means...
Followers
Ralative bargaining power
Continuous improvement
Global product division structure
8. Price controls - financing restrictions - export commitments - taxes and local-sourcing requirements are examples of...
Job content factors
Operational risks
Centralization
Financial incentives
9. A key success factor is a factor that is necessary for a firm to compete effectively in a...
Regional instabilities
Control measures
Market niche
Repatriation
10. Controls that use reports and other written forms of communication to control operations are...
Expropriation
Indirect
Global
Transformational
11. Work-motivation theories can be broken down into two general categories which are...
Content and process
Total quality management
Ethnocentric
Host-country nationals
12. The external control process differs from the internal control in that the external control...
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
Centralization
Franchise
13. Training programs are useful in preparing people for overseas assignments for many reasons. These reasons can be put into two general categories which are...
Job content factors
Organizational and personal
Entrepreneurship
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
14. 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.
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
Political imperative
Transformational
foreign currency
15. In work motivation - factors internally controlled - such as responsibility - achievement and the work itself are referred to as...
Job content factors
Repatriation
Participative
Inpatriate
16. These MNCs do all of their training at their headquarters.
Ethnocentric
Global
Political imperative
Franchise
17. The seizure of businesses by a host country with little - if any - compensation to the owners is referred to as...
Matrix structure
Conglomerate
Expropriation
foreign currency
18. _____________ do not encourage the use of centralized decision-making
the need for power and status
Participative
Market niche
Heterogeneous product lines
19. This strategy is appropriate when the need for national responsiveness is low and the need for globalization integration is high.
Hygiene - motivators
Global
Repatriation
Continuous improvement
20. A global functional division structure is used primarily by...
Regional instabilities
Lump-sum method
International division structure
Extractive companies
21. ______ risk issues often take forms such as industry regulation - taxes on specific types of business activity and various restrictive local laws.
Extractive companies
Specialized operations
Micro
Training
22. In general - some evidence suggests that testing is...
Repatriation
Job content factors
Not extremely popular among MNCs
Strategy implementation
23. A structure under which global operations are organized on a geographic rather than a product basis is referred to as a...
Passive management-by-exception leader
Continuous improvement
Theory Z
Global area division structure
24. A structural arrangement in which domestic divisions are given worldwide responsibility for product groups is referred to as a...
Followers
Global product division structure
Total quality management
Specialization
25. Salary under Herzberg's theory is...
A hygiene factor
Macro
Participative
Global
26. According to Bass - the most effective leaders were characterized by four interrelated factors. These are...
Host-country nationals
Horizontal
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
Participative
27. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...
Macro
Passive management-by-exception leader
Followers
International division structure
28. Social needs are...
Goal-setting theory
the need for power and status
Global
Content-oriented
29. As far as __________ are concerned - European firms are as centralized than American firms
Franchise
Organizational and personal
Matrix structure
Control measures
30. 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.
Content-oriented
A hygiene factor
Repatriation
Codetermination
31. _______ investments involve the production of goods or services that are the same as those produced at home.
Ethnocentric
Micro
Horizontal
Participative
32. 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?
Indirect
Participative
International
Entrepreneurship
33. 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.
Paternalistic
A hygiene factor
Entrepreneurship
Lump-sum method
34. 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
Entrepreneurship
Transnational network structure
The home country
Environmental scanning
35. To motivate employees - especially in foreign countries with high individualism companies tend to offer...
Ethnocentric
Control measures
Theory Y
Financial incentives
36. Expatriate salaries typically are set according to the base pay of...
Lump-sum method
Social conditions
The home country
Training and previous experience
37. Over the past decade political risk has become...
Market niche
Specialized operations
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
foreign currency
38. A structural arrangement that handles all international operations out of a division created for this purpose is referred to as a...
International division structure
Strategy implementation
Transformational
ISO 9000
39. The output control in which profit responsibility is shared with product and geographic units is characteristic of a...
Goal-setting theory
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
Financial incentives
Matrix structure
40. As an organizational characteristic - _____ is the assigning of individuals to specific - well-defined tasks.
Social conditions
Conglomerate
Specialization
International
41. Although a number of approaches to decision-making are used around the world - the overall trend currently is toward...
Training
Centralization
Total quality management
Repatriation
42. ________ are designed to tap specialized expertise or other resources in the company's worldwide subsidiaries.
Training
Matrix structure
Specialized operations
Paternalistic
43. The top-ranking goal for professional technical personnel from various countries is...
Training
Theory Y
Organizational and personal
Content-oriented
44. These agreements typically require payment of a fee upfront and then a percentage of the revenues.
Training and previous experience
Franchise
Global
Extractive companies
45. 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...
Training and previous experience
Continuous improvement
Theory Z
Goal-setting theory
46. An individual from a host-country or a third-country national who is assigned to work in the home country is a...
Content and process
Global product division structure
Inpatriate
Training
47. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...
foreign currency
corporate objectives
International
Extractive companies
48. The adjustment model of the selection procedure for international assignments would include...
Not extremely popular among MNCs
A hygiene factor
Goal-setting theory
Training and previous experience
49. The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction. These are...
Environmental scanning
Macro
Participative
Hygiene - motivators
50. When market liberalization is delayed...
Transformational
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
Passive management-by-exception leader
A hygiene factor