Exam 16: The Organization of International Business

A major benefit of the international division structure is ________.

Functional structures for international operations are most likely found among those companies that ________.

Martin Manufacturing is an MNE that centralizes authority to implement an extensive set of rules and procedures to govern a broad range of activities.Martin Manufacturing is most likely applying a system of ________.

MNEs use different report formats and schedules for foreign operations according to local customs.

Formal reports,management performance evaluations,and financial metrics are three examples of ________.

Neoclassical structures attempt to minimize boundaries between all of the following EXCEPT ________.

Neoclassical structures promote tightly connected networks both vertically and horizontally to ensure that strategic requirements are fulfilled.

Historically,managers built organizations by focusing on the boxes and lines of a(n)________ structure.

How might centralization of decision making adversely affect local managers in an MNE?

Some MNEs that have tried contemporary structures have run into problems,most notably ________.

Which of the following is promoted by a neoclassical structure?

The balance between centralization and decentralization of authority in a company is known as ________.

Coordination by plan deals with exact rules and procedures that spell out what needs to be done and how.

Which of the following is the most likely benefit of a network structure?

Three types of control systems are used in MNEs.These are ________.

Adopting a market control system requires that the MNE uses external market mechanisms to establish internal performance benchmarks and standards.

The functional structure is ideal when the company faces complex and changing environments.

In general terms,we see the principles of horizontal differentiation in the design logic of ________.

Current approaches to designing an organization see the task of building knowledge-generating and decision-making relationships as less important than specifying the best structural arrangement.

Falcon Enterprises is an MNE that uses price competition and relative market share to establish internal performance benchmarks and standards.The firm is most likely applying a system of ________.