Exam 14: International Organization Design and Control

________ is intended to monitor both how well an international business formulates strategy and how well it goes about implementing that strategy.

The ________ is used when a firm serves different customers or customer groups, each with specific needs calling for special expertise or attention.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the global product design?

British Airways use the global customer design because it allows the firm to standardize its maintenance and flight procedures regardless of where a flight originates.

Adecco, a temporary employment agency with worldwide clients, has eight regional divisions. Managers in each division handle recruiting, distribution, promotion, and client services for that region. Adecco is a service firm that focuses on marketing. Which organizational design is most likely used by Adecco?

Responsibility center control means that the firm creates unique control systems for each SBU.

A group of managers from different parts of the world who are connected to one another in some way is called an informal management structure.

The global matrix design is the result of superimposing one form of organizational design on top of a different, existing form.

The ________ is used by MNCs that have relatively narrow or similar product lines.

What control function is Ford primarily using to ensure the firm increases its global automobile sales?

Which type of organizational design organizes the firm's activities around specific regions of the world?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the current organizational design at Lenovo?

Which of the following is not typically accomplished through a firm's organizational design?

Sarita, a manager at a large international firm, is primarily responsible for the financial resources of the entire organization. Sarita is most likely the firm's ________.

Which organization design is LEAST appropriate for firms with few products and relatively stable markets?

Control standards help provide a road map for managers involved in opening and running a new operation.

What is organizational design? What are the different types of organizational design? Describe each one briefly.

What are the competitive advantages associated with a global product design?

Why is the control function important to the success or failure of an international business? What factors are necessary to understand before establishing a control system?

The polycentric approach to management is most likely used by firms that ________.