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International Management
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1. Which of the following leaders takes action or intervenes in situations only when standards are NOT met?
foreign currency
International
Repatriation
Passive management-by-exception leader
2. The objectives of the foreign operation and the ___________ are similar
corporate objectives
Specialization
Political imperative
Organizational and personal
3. This is an agreement in which two or more partners own and control an overseas business.
Global
Joint venture
Transnational network structure
Total quality management
4. Salary under Herzberg's theory is...
A hygiene factor
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
Extractive companies
Political imperative
5. In general - some evidence suggests that testing is...
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
Transformational
Not extremely popular among MNCs
Joint venture
6. 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.
Market niche
Centralization
Participative
Paternalistic
7. Work-motivation theories can be broken down into two general categories which are...
Host-country nationals
Codetermination
Total quality management
Content and process
8. The adjustment model of the selection procedure for international assignments would include...
Training and previous experience
Participative
Micro
Indirect
9. A global functional division structure is used primarily by...
Hygiene - motivators
Extractive companies
Followers
ISO 9000
10. 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?
Political imperative
International
Entrepreneurship
corporate objectives
11. _____________ do not encourage the use of centralized decision-making
Heterogeneous product lines
the need for power and status
Control measures
Universal
12. As far as __________ are concerned - European firms are as centralized than American firms
Horizontal
Global
Control measures
Training
13. Which type of leadership is popular in many technologically advanced countries?
ISO 9000
Continuous improvement
Participative
the need for power and status
14. The external control process differs from the internal control in that the external control...
Specialized operations
Macro
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Ethnocentric
15. 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.
Matrix structure
corporate objectives
ISO 9000
Macro
16. _____ are local managers who are hired by the MNC.
Franchise
the need for power and status
Host-country nationals
Ralative bargaining power
17. When market liberalization is delayed...
Indirect
The home country
Host-country nationals
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
18. Social needs are...
Indirect
the need for power and status
Job content factors
International
19. A structural arrangement that handles all international operations out of a division created for this purpose is referred to as a...
Ethnocentric
International division structure
Goal-setting theory
Organizational and personal
20. In a ____ investment - the goods or services produced are NOT similar to those produced at home.
Global area division structure
Conglomerate
Transformational
International division structure
21. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means...
Extractive companies
Theory Y
Continuous improvement
Global product division structure
22. Controls that use reports and other written forms of communication to control operations are...
Training
corporate objectives
Indirect
Strategy implementation
23. Expatriate salaries typically are set according to the base pay of...
Centralization
The home country
Total quality management
Not extremely popular among MNCs
24. An individual from a host-country or a third-country national who is assigned to work in the home country is a...
Inpatriate
Centralization
Conglomerate
Horizontal
25. Although a number of approaches to decision-making are used around the world - the overall trend currently is toward...
Regional instabilities
International division structure
Centralization
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
26. 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...
Specialization
Goal-setting theory
Training
Theory Y
27. _______ investments involve the production of goods or services that are the same as those produced at home.
International division structure
Micro
Theory Z
Horizontal
28. 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...
Goal-setting theory
Macro
Micro
Lump-sum method
29. 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
Macro
Extractive companies
Environmental scanning
the need for power and status
30. A structure under which global operations are organized on a geographic rather than a product basis is referred to as a...
Political imperative
Global
Global area division structure
foreign currency
31. The output control in which profit responsibility is shared with product and geographic units is characteristic of a...
Polycentric
Hygiene - motivators
Participative
Matrix structure
32. The theory behind_____ is quite simple. The MNC works to maintain a stronger bargaining power position than that of the host country.
Conglomerate
Hygiene - motivators
Ralative bargaining power
Regional instabilities
33. 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
Transformational
Passive management-by-exception leader
Ralative bargaining power
34. ________ are designed to tap specialized expertise or other resources in the company's worldwide subsidiaries.
Matrix structure
Specialized operations
Universal
foreign currency
35. The top-ranking goal for professional technical personnel from various countries is...
Global area division structure
Training
Host-country nationals
Paternalistic
36. In work motivation - factors internally controlled - such as responsibility - achievement and the work itself are referred to as...
Polycentric
Job content factors
Paternalistic
Political imperative
37. Over the past decade political risk has become...
Financial incentives
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
Operational risks
38. William Ouchi's theory of leadership - which combines Japanese and U.S. assumptions and approaches to leader behavior is referred to as...
Theory Z
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Specialization
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
39. An organizational strategy and the accompanying techniques that result in the delivery of high-quality products or services to customers is referred to as...
Not extremely popular among MNCs
Total quality management
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
A vital area for MNCs to assess and manage
40. These MNCs do all of their training at their headquarters.
Ethnocentric
Inpatriate
Social conditions
It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
41. As an organizational characteristic - _____ is the assigning of individuals to specific - well-defined tasks.
Specialization
Goal-setting theory
Polycentric
Environmental scanning
42. According to Bass - the most effective leaders were characterized by four interrelated factors. These are...
Micro
foreign currency
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
Goal-setting theory
43. The first assumption about the motivation process is that it is...
corporate objectives
International division structure
Universal
Total quality management
44. The process of providing goods and services in accord with a plan of action is...
Theory Z
Strategy implementation
Ethnocentric
Global product division structure
45. A structural arrangement in which domestic divisions are given worldwide responsibility for product groups is referred to as a...
Hygiene - motivators
Paternalistic
Global product division structure
Specialization
46. As a general statement - most evidence indicates that European managers tend to use this approach to leadership.
Repatriation
Content and process
Participative
International division structure
47. The return to one's home country from an overseas management assignment is referred to as...
corporate objectives
Heterogeneous product lines
Repatriation
the need for power and status
48. Price controls - financing restrictions - export commitments - taxes and local-sourcing requirements are examples of...
Participative
Social conditions
Entrepreneurship
Operational risks
49. The seizure of businesses by a host country with little - if any - compensation to the owners is referred to as...
Expropriation
Goal-setting theory
Hygiene - motivators
Idealized influence - inspirational motivation - intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration
50. 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.
Total quality management
Host-country nationals
Encourages harmony - responsiveness and sensibility
Transformational