Global Management Studies (GMS) 200 Practice Exam

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• Which term describes the lack of information about the external environment of a business?
• Involves making operations in more than one country.
• Which view maintains business should focus on both social welfare and profits?
• Which term refers to the process of using intellectual capital for competitive advantage?
• Which term refers to the set of unofficial relationships among an organization's members?
• What term means giving a trading partner the most favourable treatment for imports and exports?
• Which term refers to meeting the needs of the present without damaging the ability of future generations to meet their needs?
• Which term describes the practice of matching management practices with situational demands?
• Which term describes efforts to forecast political disruptions that can threaten foreign investments?
• The 3 leaves of almost every organization are full time workers, contract workers and part-time workers.
• Which term describes the study of cross-cultural management?
• Which term is defined by 'An input measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment'?
• What describes tariffs and favorable treatment to protect domestic firms from foreign competition?
• A manager in a public organization is typically referred to as which term?
• A physiological or psychological deficiency that a person wants to satisfy.
• Which term refers to the tendency to view one's own culture as superior to others?
• Which term represents an organization that continuously changes and improves through learning and adaptation?
• Which term involves an organization-wide commitment to continuous improvement, product quality, and customer needs?
• Which term is described as imposing one's ethical standards on other cultures?
• Which term means preferences about desired end states?
• Which structure uses permanent and temporary cross-functional teams to improve lateral relations?
• Which concept involves imposing one's ethical standards on other cultures?
• Which term describes cultures where time is used to accomplish many different things?
• A system of tasks, reporting relationships and communication linkages within an organization is commonly referred to as which term?
• What is a typical characteristic of staff positions compared to line positions?
• Which term is defined as 'A capacity to get things done with the help of others'?
• Which term corresponds to 'Continuous learning from daily experiences'?
• The output measure of goal accomplishment.
• Which term describes cultures that use time to accomplish many different tasks and view schedules as flexible?
• Which statement about staff positions is most accurate?
• An input measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment.
• Which term corresponds to 'The ability to think critically and analytically'?
• Which organization operates with a minimum of bureaucratic features and encourages worker empowerment?
• Which term refers to a lack of information about the external environment of a business or organization?
• When a business creates new products and production methods that have reduced environmental impacts.
• Which statement best captures the distinction between staff and line positions?
• What term describes the potential loss in value of a foreign investment due to instability and political changes in the host country?
• A manager in a public organization is often called which term?
• Which term refers to the diagram showing the reporting relationships and hierarchy?
• The tendency of persons singled out for special attention to perform as expected.
• Which term means right or good in the context of a governing moral code?
• Which structure emphasizes cross-functional project teams to coordinate tasks across departments?
• Builds an entirely new operation in a foreign country.
• Which structure relies on team-based organizations with semi-autonomous units?
• Which function describes the process of measuring performance and taking corrective action to ensure results?
• Which term describes a group of related tasks that collectively creates a valuable work product?
• Which term describes acquiring rights to use another firm's product or brand in exchange for royalties?
• Which entry mode involves starting a new operation from scratch in another country?
• Which term best describes flexible scheduling and multitasking across time?
• The phrase 'provide technical expertise for other parts of the organization' describes which function?
• Which term means making ethics a personal goal?
• Which concept would be described as teams formed from multiple departments to achieve a project objective?
• Which term corresponds to 'The ability to cooperate and work with others'?
• Which term describes the unofficial networks among members that are not part of the formal structure?
• Which term means an open system interacts with its environment and transforms resource inputs into outputs?
• Which term describes the coordination among subsystems, not just reporting lines?
• Which term describes cultures where people tend to do one thing at a time?
• Which organizational model emphasizes minimal bureaucracy and empowerment?
• Also called task environment, consists of the actual organizations, committees, groups and persons with whom a business interacts with and conducts business with.
• Which management concept is primarily about differentiating activities to achieve a unique position?
• Which concept links all persons with successively higher levels of authority?
• Which term best describes guiding the performance of the organization as a whole?
• Which term describes the requirement to show performance results to a superior?
• Which term describes a mission to solve pressing social problems?
• The function that involves setting goals and deciding steps to achieve them?
• Which organizational design is described as centralized, with many rules and procedures?
• Which term relates to means-to-ends values?
• Which term involves always searching for new ways to improve work quality and performance?
• Which option best describes the function of staff positions?
• Which term represents formal authority?
• Which term describes a manager whose actions reflect consistent ethical behavior across situations?
• A management approach that uses decisions based on hard facts about what works.
• Which term refers to purchasing materials or services worldwide to support domestic operations?
• Which strategy avoids social responsibility and reflects mainly economic priorities?
• The quantity and quality of work performance.
• Which term refers to the governance mechanism including the board's oversight and controls?
• Which term describes roles that offer specialized knowledge and support to other departments?
• Which term is the level of coordination achieved between subsystems?
• What term describes the ability to accept and adapt to new cultures?
• Which term corresponds to 'the ability to transfer knowledge into performance'?
• Which concept suggests there is no single right way to behave and ethical behavior is determined by cultural context?
• Which concept refers to how fair a transaction is to all parties involved?
• Which theory posits that people inherently dislike work and must be coerced?
• Which term describes the discomfort or disorientation experienced when encountering a new culture?
• The concept of staff positions is most closely associated with which activity?
• Which CSR strategy accepts social responsibility and tries to satisfy economic, legal and ethical criteria?
• Which term corresponds to 'the ability to transfer knowledge into performance'?
• Which term refers to the system of tasks, reporting relationships and communication linkages within an organization?
• An investment type where a firm gains ownership and control in a foreign enterprise.
• Which term seeks to help people understand ethical standards in daily behavior?
• Which statement best explains the role of staff positions in organizations?
• Occurs when a person acts in ways that conform another's expectations.
• Which term matches the definition: The tendency of businesses and technologies to spread throughout the world?
• The function that tracks performance against standards and makes adjustments?
• Is culturally aware and informed on international affairs.
• Which term refers to illegal practices used to further one's business interests?
• In organizational design, staff positions are typically created to?
• Which term is defined by 'The output measure of goal accomplishment'?
• People love work.
• Which CSR strategy seeks protection by doing the minimum legally required?
• Which term best fits 'The process of coordinating activities to achieve organizational goals'?
• Which term is the process of using intellectual capital for competitive advantage?
• Which structure groups together people and jobs that serve the same customers or clients?
• The study of individuals and groups in organizations.
• Which term describes a situation that offers potential benefit or gain but is also unethical?
• A concept describing helping an organization do the same things as other businesses but in different ways is known as which term?
• Which term corresponds to 'The ability to use expertise in order to perform special tasks'?
• Materials or services are purchased around the world for local use.
• Which managers are responsible for complex, multifunctional units?
• Which term corresponds to 'A skill based capability that contributes to high performance results'?
• Which term continuously changes and improves?
• Which attitude describes respecting local knowledge and substantial freedom for foreign operations?
• Which design is decentralized with fewer rules and procedures, open division of labour wide spans of control and more personal coordination?
• Which term, according to the material, suggests ethical standards apply absolutely across all cultures?
• Which term indicates conformity with a rigorous set of international quality standards?
• Which term describes a manager who consistently applies ethical reasoning in decisions?
• Which structure groups together people and jobs focused on a single product?
• What term refers to the official, formal structure of the organization?
• The process of setting objectives and determining what should be done to accomplish them?
• Is a building, buying all or buying part ownership of a business in another country.
• Which culture type relies primarily on context, nonverbal cues, and shared understanding?
• Which term refers to teams convened for a specific task and disband after completion?
• A world where nations cooperate in the global economy while respecting each other's cultures.
• What term describes the erroneous assumption that a cultural value applies uniformly to all individuals within that culture?
• What is the primary purpose of staff positions in an organization?
• Which term best describes someone who helps others achieve high performance and satisfaction at work?
• Which term is defined by 'The creation for value for satisfying needs for stakeholders'?
• What field studies how people use space to communicate?
• People hate work.
• Which term means preferences regarding the means to desired ends?
• Which term describes a focus on quality, customer needs, and continuous improvement across an organization?
• Which concept describes a formal organizational form with rules and hierarchy?
• How a manager processes and exchanges information?
• Which term asserts there is no one right way to behave because ethics are culturally determined?
• Which term would likely be used in a discussion about how behavior is judged differently across cultures, without a universal standard?
• Which concept focuses on achieving a distinct position by performing different activities?
• Which concept states ethical behaviour delivers the greatest good to the greatest amount of people?
• Which structure combines functional and divisional approaches to emphasize project or program teams?
• Which term describes a shared set of beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior common to a group?
• Which term is defined by 'Also called task environment, consists of the actual organizations, committees, groups and persons with whom a business interacts with and conducts business with'?
• Which culture relies heavily on nonverbal and situational cues?
• Which term corresponds to 'Continuous learning from daily experiences'?
• A rational and efficient form of organization founded on logic, order and legitimate authority.
• Which term describes a lack of information about the external environment of a business or organization?
• Which term describes the study of how management practices differ across countries and cultures?
• The study of how organizations produce goods and services.
• What is the process of grouping people and jobs into work units called?
• Involves illegal practices to further one's business interest.
• Which design is characterized by decentralization and a flexible structure with wide spans of control?
• Which term is defined as giving trading partners the most favourable treatment in trade terms?
• Which view states that ethical behavior respects and protects fundamental rights?
• An MNC that operates worldwide on a boardless basis is called a ...
• A staff position in an organization is likely to do which of the following?
• Which term indicates conformity with international quality standards through formal certification processes?
• The function that coordinates tasks and resource allocation to get work done?
• Which term corresponds to the approach that ethical awareness improves behavior consistency?
• Which attitude involves managers who are high in cultural intelligence and take a collaborative approach to global management practices?
• If you are a member of staff positions, your main contribution is?
• Resources, markets and competition worldwide.
• Which concept claims ethical standards apply absolutely across all cultures?
• Which term consistently achieves excellence while creating a high quality work environment?
• How a manager interacts with other people?
• Which attitude involves managers who believe the best approaches are found at home and tightly control foreign operations?
• Which term refers to a smaller component of a larger system?
• Which structure groups together people who work on the same product?
• Which structure groups together people with similar skills who perform similar tasks?
• Conducts commercial transactions across national boundaries.
• The term for the overall quality of experiences in the workplace?
• Which term refers to the official diagram showing the arrangement of positions and reporting relationships in an organization?
• Which concept is described as the degree to which others are treated with dignity and respect?
• Which of the following statements about staff positions is most accurate?
• Which structure groups jobs and activities that are part of the same process?
• Which term from the list represents the study of breaking work into basic motions?
• Which design is centralized with many rules and formal coordination?
• Which term corresponds to 'A change in behaviour that results from experience'?
• Which discipline uses mathematical models to solve business problems?
• Which model suggests managers should rely on human relations to boost productivity?
• Which term describes someone who chooses to behave unethically?
• Which field focuses on interactions of individuals and groups within the organization?
• Which term indicates the degree to which an issue is recognized to pose important ethical challenges?
• Which term corresponds to 'The ability to cooperate and work with others'?
• Which term corresponds to 'the science of reducing a task to its most basic physical motions'?
• Which term describes a lack of reliable information about the external environment?
• Which view focuses on equal treatment of people regardless of personal characteristics?
• Which term is the number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager?
• Which term argues that business should address social welfare in addition to profits?
• Which term brings together people from different departments to work on a task?
• Which term refers to enriched awareness that leads to consistent ethical behaviour?
• In a typical organizational structure, staff positions differ from line positions by focusing on what?
• In which structure are units organized around the specific customers or clients served?
• The creation for value for satisfying needs for stakeholders.
• Which term refers to skills and personal characteristics that help us be successful in cross-cultural situations?
• Which organization negotiates disputes about trade agreements and tariffs?
• Which term describes a multinational corporation that operates worldwide with a global reach and limited centralized control?
• A shared set of beliefs, values and patterns of behaviour common to a group of people.
• Which term eliminates internal boundaries among subsystems and external boundaries with the external environment?
• Use quantitative research and applied mathematics to solve problems.
• Which framework proposes achieving the greatest good for the greatest number?
• Inspiring people to work hard to achieve high performance?
• Which term is defined as a collection of interrelated parts working together for a purpose?
• Which term relates to end-state values?
• Which term refers to a lack of communication and coordination across functions?
• Directly contribute to producing the organization's goods or services is best described by which title?
• Someone who has up-to-date skills so they can move from job to job.
• Which term defines the process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling the use of resources to accomplish performance goals?
• Which term expresses the idea of imposing one's cultural norms on others as a form of ethical stance?
• Which term denotes a problematic ethical situation requiring a choice?
• Which view is concerned with ensuring rules are applied fairly?
• Measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results?
• Which role directly contributes to producing the organization's goods or services?
• Which CSR strategy occurs when CSR improves financial performance and leads to more CSR?
• Which term best describes cross-border commercial transactions to meet global demand?
• Arranging tasks, people and other resources to accomplish the work?
• What term describes the confusion and discomfort a person experiences when in an unfamiliar culture?
• A local firm pays a foreign form for rights to make or sell it's products.
• Which term best describes a role that provides technical expertise across the organization?
• Which view states business should focus on only profits?
• Which structure groups together people and jobs by product line rather than by function?
• Which term corresponds to 'A change in behaviour that results from experience'?
• Which structure is described as organizing around processes rather than departments?
• Which term is used for a manager in a public organization?
• A manager who is responsible for complex, multifunctional units is called which term?
• Which concept states ethical behaviour advances long-term self-interests?
• Which CSR strategy meets all the criteria?
• Suggested that managers using good human relations will achieve productivity.
• Which term describes a framework in which an organization learns and adapts by incorporating feedback?
• Which term is defined by 'When a business creates new products and production methods that have reduced environmental impacts'?
• Which type of culture emphasizes communication via spoken or written word?
• Which concept refers to a personal rule for making ethical decisions?
• Meets the needs of the present without hurting future generations.
• A company that relies on explicit contracts and direct instructions is typical of which culture type?
• Which dimension refers to the degree to which a society values assertiveness and materialism?
• The oversight of top management by the Board of Directors is called what?
• Which attitude describes respecting local knowledge and allowing foreign operations to run with substantial freedom?
• Which term is used to denote the official structure of the organization?
• Which concept describes someone who fails to consider the ethics of their behaviour?
• Which term corresponds to the definition 'A capacity to get things done with the help of others'?
• Which term describes the belief that business should focus on profits only?