Global Business Management Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Global Business Management explores the complexities and dynamics of managing organizations in an international context. This course examines global markets, cross-cultural communication, international trade regulations, and strategic planning for multinational operations. Students will develop an understanding of global economic environments, analyze the challenges and opportunities that businesses face in diverse regions, and learn how to adapt management practices for success across borders. Key topics include market entry strategies, global supply chain management, international finance, and ethical considerations in global business. Through case studies and real-world examples, learners will gain practical insights into operating effectively in a rapidly changing global business landscape.
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International Management Managing Text and Cases 8th Edition by Helen Deresky
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Chapter 1: Assessing the Environment: Political, Economic,
Legal, Technological
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Q1) Loss of technology and interference in managerial decision making are forms of
A) legal risk events
B) political risk events
C) cultural risk events
D) economic risk events
Answer: B
Q2) ________ poses a severe and random political risk to company personnel and assets,and interrupts the conduct of business.
A) Plagiarism
B) An election
C) Privatization
D) Terrorism
Answer: D
Q3) Under civil law,past court decisions act as precedents to the interpretation of the law and to common custom.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Managing Interdependence, Social Responsibility, and Ethics
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Q1) Ethnocentric culture is an integration of the business environments in which firms currently operate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following is a primary focus of the research that is carried out by Transparency International?
A) relative prevalence of bribery in various spheres of people's lives
B) existence of child labor in various developing countries
C) relative prevalence of dictatorship in various countries
D) existence of bonded labor in various countries
Answer: A
Q3) The increased complexity regarding the social responsibility and ethical behavior of firms across borders is brought about by the distance between the headquarters and its subsidiaries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Understanding the Role of Culture
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Q1) Austria and Germany value competition and have a "can-do" attitude.Therefore,according to the GLOBE project,Austria and Germany are most likely to be ________ societies.
A) accommodative
B) cooperative
C) humane-oriented
D) assertive
Answer: D
Q2) According to the GLOBE project,which of the following cultural dimensions refers to how much people in a society are expected to be tough,confrontational,and competitive versus modest and tender?
A) humane orientation
B) assertiveness
C) future orientation
D) performance orientation
Answer: B
Q3) Paternalism and patronage are important in humane-oriented societies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Communicating Across Cultures
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Q1) The executives from Carlo Foods,U.S.,are in Japan to negotiate with Jeong,the head of a local investment firm.While Jeong listens to their plans,he realizes that there are considerable amounts of calculation errors in the market statistics involved in the plan.He starts showing signs of impatience and folds his hands,with a frown on his face.The executives realize that something is wrong and are confused about it.Jeong most likely belongs to a ________.
A) low-contact culture
B) high-context culture
C) high power-distance culture
D) polychronic culture
Q2) A ________ culture is characterized by people standing close together and touching a great deal.
A) low-contact
B) monochronic
C) high-contact
D) polychronic
Q3) Define decoding and list three main causes of incongruence in the decoding process.
Q4) What are some ways that Japanese and American styles of communication differ?
Q5) How do cultural differences affect the way firms conduct e-commerce?
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Chapter 5: Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Decision Making
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Q1) Which of the following cultural norms greatly affects the negotiation process for the Chinese?
A) ingrained politeness and emotional restraint
B) emphasis on impersonal relationships
C) belief in explicit and direct approach
D) tendency to approach conflicts directly
Q2) Arab negotiators will most likely make concessions because of their interest in ________.
A) saving valuable time
B) preventing embarrassment
C) forming long-term relationships
D) creating a good first impression
Q3) Japanese negotiators tend to ________.
A) lack emotional sensitivity
B) be argumentative
C) hide emotions
D) lack commitment to their employers
Q4) In what ways might the American style of negotiation be misinterpreted in another culture?
Q5) What is negotiation?
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Chapter 6: Formulating Strategy
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Q1) Which of the following would most likely be categorized as a global financial objective of an international firm?
A) foreign-exchange management
B) long-term profit growth
C) quality and cost control
D) company market share
Q2) Compare and contrast globalization and regionalization.
Q3) Which of the following is the first step of the planning phase of a strategic management process?
A) assessment of the external environment that the firm will face in the future
B) establishment of the company's mission
C) analysis of the firm's relative capabilities to deal successfully with the external environment
D) seeking alternative strategies using competitive analysis
Q4) Which of the following is a reactive reason that prompts a firm to expand overseas?
A) customer demands
B) seeking economies of scale
C) growth opportunities
D) seeking incentives
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Chapter 7: Global Alliances and Strategy Implementation
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Q1) Working partnerships between two or more companies across national boundaries and increasingly across industries are referred to as global strategic alliances.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Cross-border allies often have difficulty collaborating effectively,especially in competitively sensitive areas.This generally leads to ________.
A) mistrust and secrecy
B) limitation of investment
C) short-term corporate restructuring
D) lowering of exit barriers
Q3) Overlooking cultural differences in cross-border alliances can create a negative impact when ________.
A) target country has similar views on organizational formality
B) target country and host country equally participate in decision making
C) target country is technologically superior to the host country
D) target country has conflicting practices and systems
Q4) What are some of the complexities of managing and implementing a global alliance? How can e-commerce enablers assist the process?
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Chapter 8: Organization Structure and Control Systems
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Q1) Which of the following is true with regard to a global product structure?
A) A global product structure is disadvantageous for firms with diversified product lines that are aimed at dissimilar or dispersed markets.
B) The advantages of this organizational form are market concentration, innovation, and responsiveness to new opportunities in a particular environment.
C) In a global product structure, a cluster of products are grouped into a single division.
D) A global product structure does not facilitate diversification and inhibits growth.
Q2) To address the globalization-localization dilemma,firms that have evolved through the multinational form and the global company seek the advantages of ________ in the pursuit of transnational capability.
A) niche marketing
B) horizontal organization
C) a narrow product line
D) vertical organization
Q3) Why are global companies increasingly abandoning rigid structures? How are they adapting to the changing global environment?
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Chapter 9: Staffing,Training,and Compensation for Global Operations
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Q1) A global staffing policy ________.
A) avoids recruiting third-country nationals
B) relies primarily on local managers to fill key managerial positions abroad
C) is overly in favor of filling key managerial positions with people from headquarters
D) provides a greater pool of qualified and willing applicants from which to choose
Q2) Which of the following is true with regard to training and compensating host-country nationals?
A) HCNs are rarely offered training in global business and Internet technology within their home corporations.
B) The traditional lifetime employment and guaranteed tidy pension of the East are being increasingly adopted by the West.
C) Many multinationals wish to train their employees to bridge the divide between the firm's successful corporate culture and practices, and the local culture and work practices.
D) In contemporary times, MNCs rarely have a global pay strategy in place.
Q3) Why is expatriate compensation complicated? What are some of the universal best practices regarding employee compensation?
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Chapter 10: Developing a Global Management Cadre
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Q1) ________ enable cost effective,rapid knowledge sharing and collaboration,but are fraught with cross-cultural and logistical challenges.
A) Virtual global teams
B) Organizational cliques
C) Local work teams
D) Organizational lobbies
Q2) In the context of the study conducted by Lazarova and Caligiuri,which of the following refers to the most important HRM practice for successful repatriation?
A) continuous communication with the home office
B) financial and tax assistance
C) agreement about position upon repatriation
D) visible signs that the company values international experience
Q3) In the globalized economy,the knowledge and management resources required for the firm to succeed are no longer concentrated in a single region but are distributed around the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some of the skills that are necessary for leaders of virtual global teams?
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Chapter 11: Motivating and Leading
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Q1) The ________ dimension describes a leader who is self-centered,conflictual,and status conscious.
A) humane
B) team-oriented
C) participative
D) self-protective
Q2) Which of the following is an effect of e-business on leadership?
A) Global leaders are obliged to adopt an ethnocentric approach to management in order to check the transformation of large corporations.
B) Individual managers are obliged to adapt to the hyperspeed environment of e-business, as well as to the need for visionary leadership in a whole new set of competitive industry dynamics.
C) The pace of international business has slowed down considerably resulting in a overall decline in efficiencies.
D) The importance of rigid organizational structure has increased
Q3) What role does culture play in the motivational process? Why is it important to understand the different motivational patterns across cultures?
Q4) Briefly describe the impact of e-business on leadership.
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