Exam 17: Leadership, Organization, and Corporate Social Responsibility

A Brazilian, Carlos Ghosn, an executive in the company, was required to move aggressively to cut costs and make drastic changes in Nissan's structure.

The U.S.mass producers focus on long-term income and return on investment, whereas Japanese see the process in terms of the short-term perspective.

After establishing that the organizational matrix is appropriate for a business, what should management expect as to the integration of basic competencies on a worldwide basis?

What are Regional Management Centers? What are the advantages of having such centers in the management of global businesses?

Being socially responsible is not only the right thing to do; it can distinguish a company from its industry peers.

A geographically dispersed company cannot limit its knowledge to product, function, and the home territory.

Fred Hassan, a native of Pakistan, is chief executive of:

According to Kenichi Ohmae's view of the world, there are 30 regions with populations ranging from 5 million to 20 million people.Based on this, China would be viewed as several distinct regions.

Having established that the matrix is appropriate, management can expect the matrix to integrate the following competency on a worldwide basis.

Boeing has reorganized its commercial transport design and manufacturing engineers from functional lines into a matrix organization.This new design is expected to have all but one of the following benefits:

Indra Nooyi, chair and chief executive of PepsiCo, is faced with rising commodity prices and weak demand for carbonated soft drinks internationally.

Successful companies, the real global winners, must have both good strategies and good execution.

Today's chief executive must have good understanding and respond to the concerns and interests of a variety of stakeholders.

When business is conducted in a single region that is characterized by differences in economic, social,geographical, and political conditions, there is both justification and need for a management center.

Yong Nam, CEO of LG, recently stipulated that English would be required throughout the company.His reasons for this action included all of the following statements except:

The organization design in which an employee reports to both a country manager and a functional manager is a(n):

Once a Japanese dealership gets a customer, it is absolutely determined to hang on to that customer for life.

Both Gillette and Ericsson reorganized themselves into matrix organizations.

As a company's international business grows, the need for having international divisions becomes evident.Explain how an international division structure works and what factors contribute to the establishment of an international division.

The Toyota Production system (TPS)is based on two concepts.The first one is Jidoka, which involves visualizing potential problems.