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International Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To motivate employees - especially in foreign countries with high individualism companies tend to offer...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






23. 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?






24. When market liberalization is delayed...






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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...






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






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






33. Which of the following MNCs places local nationals in key positions and allows these managers to appoint and develop their own people?






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






35. 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






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






37. MNCs may use ____________ to evaluate political risk






38. Social needs are...






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






40. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. MNCs utilize Export maximums for generating...