Exam 16: The Organization of International Business

Profile the idea and features of horizontal differentiation,paying particular attention to its implications to how managers design their company's structure.

The primary limitation with the product division structure is the ________.

In which of the following situations would a company most likely benefit from using the international division structure?

The neoclassical structure implemented by Cisco primarily enables the firm to ________.

A divisional structure tends to be adopted by firms that are diversified by products or markets.

According to the unity-of-command principle,workers and organizations benefit the most from dual hierarchies of communication.

Which of the following factors increasingly encourages MNEs to install a geographic division structure?

IBM puts investments,people,and work anywhere in the world based on the best mix of costs,skills,and environment and uses sophisticated strategies and technologies to support and coordinate activities.IBM most likely uses a ________ structure.

The concept of organization includes how a company does all of the following EXCEPT ________.

The benefits of managerial visits to foreign subsidiaries can easily be replicated with frequently submitted and reviewed operational reports and schedules.

A major benefit of the international division structure is ________.

Coordination refers to ________.

The functional structure is inappropriate for firms with products and manufacturing methods that are largely undifferentiated among countries.

A firm's vertical differentiation determines where in its organization structure managers have decided to concentrate decision-making authority.

Coordination methods include mutual adjustment,planning,and standardization.

Organization ________ refers to the formal arrangement of roles,responsibilities,and relationships within an organization.

Whereas executives specify roles and relationships in a functional structure in terms of ________,they use the divisional structure format to specify them according to ________.

The ________ the level of the company at which managers make decisions,the more that organization is ________.

Historically,the geographic division structure is associated with companies pursuing ________ strategies.

Market-share increase and turnover ratios are examples of ________.