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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. William Ouchi's theory of leadership - which combines Japanese and U.S. assumptions and approaches to leader behavior is referred to as...






2. 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...






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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...






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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...






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. 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?






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






31. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






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






36. Positive organizational scholarship does not include...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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...






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






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






47. When market liberalization is delayed...






48. 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.






49. 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






50. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader