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International Management

Subject : business-skills
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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?






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






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






4. 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?






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






6. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Not a quality needed to be a servant leader






12. 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.






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






14. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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...






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Social needs are...






28. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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