The more sophisticated the level of technology, the greater the use of _____ decision making.

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The more sophisticated the level of technology, the greater the use of _____ decision making.

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1. Participative
2. Centralized

According to Table 11-1, a high degree of technology encourages centralized decision-making.

1. Decentralized
2. Team-based

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In China _____ is an important need and _____ is a goal.

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1. Group affiliation; professional achievement
2. Professional achievement; individual success
3. Group affiliation; harmony

In China, group affiliation is an important need, and social harmony is an important goal.

1. Individual success; harmony

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The drive to satisfy safety needs is greater than the drive to satisfy any other type of need.

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Physiological needs are basic physical needs for water, food, clothing, and shelter. Maslow contended that an individual’s drive to satisfy these physiological needs is greater than the drive to satisfy any other type of need.

The correct answer is ‘False’.

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Amazon’s target market is significantly larger, but less loyal, than Alibaba’s.

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Amazon, unlike Alibaba, specializes primarily in just business-to-consumer sales. As a result, Amazon’s target market is significantly smaller, but more loyal, than Alibaba’s.

The correct answer is ‘False’.

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The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction: intrinsic and extrinsic.

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The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction: hygiene factors and motivators.

The correct answer is ‘False’.

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A legal system called codetermination requires workers and their managers to participate in the discussion of major decisions.

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In addition, management education is highly technical, and a legal system called codetermination requires workers and their managers to discuss major decisions.

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Maslow postulated that everyone has five basic needs, which constitute a need hierarchy. In ascending order, beginning with the most basic, they are physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization needs.

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Maslow postulated that everyone has five basic needs which constitute a need hierarchy. In ascending order, beginning with the most basic need and going up to the highest, they are physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization needs.

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Content theories of work motivation include all of the following except the ______ theory.

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1. Hierarchy-of-needs
2. Two-factor motivation
3. Achievement motivation
4. Equity

The text focuses on three content theories that have received the greatest amount of attention: the hierarchy-of-needs theory, the two-factor motivation theory, and the achievement motivation theory.

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The process of giving individuals and teams the resources, information, and authority they need to develop ideas and effectively implement them is referred to as reengineering.

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A particularly critical issue is how much decision making to delegate to subordinates. TQM uses employee empowerment. Individuals and teams are encouraged to generate and implement ideas for improving quality, and are given the decision-making authority and necessary resources and information to implement them.

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The hierarchy-of-needs theory is based primarily on work by David McClelland, a well-known humanistic psychologist.

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The hierarchy-of-needs theory is based primarily on work by Abraham Maslow, a well-known humanistic psychologist.

The correct answer is ‘False’.

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Decisions that are heavily economic in orientation concentrate on such aspects as return on investment (ROI) for overseas operations.

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Decisions which are heavily economic in orientation concentrate on such aspects as return on investment (ROI) for overseas operations.

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In Germany, managers place a greater emphasis on managing subordinates than on productivity and product quality.

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In Germany, managers focus more on productivity and quality of goods and services than on managing subordinates, which often translates into companies pursuing long-term approaches.

The correct answer is ‘False’.

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In the two-factor motivation theory, job context variables such as salary, interpersonal relations, technical supervision, work conditions, and company policies and administration are referred to as hygiene factors.

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Responses to the second question related to job context and included factors such as salary, interpersonal relations, technical supervision, working conditions, and company policies and administration. Herzberg called these job-context variables hygiene factors.

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Most research in international human resource management has been _____.

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1. Context-oriented
2. Content-oriented
3. Procedure-oriented
4. Process-oriented

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The correct answer is: Process-oriented

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The Japanese make heavy use of a decision-making process called ringisei or decision making by consensus.

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The Japanese are somewhat different from the Europeans, though they still employ a long-term focus. They make heavy use of a decision-making process called ringisei, or decision making by consensus. Under this system any changes in procedures and routines, tactics, and even strategies of a firm are organized by those directly concerned with those changes. The final decision is made at the top level after an elaborate examination of the proposal through successively higher levels in the management hierarchy, and results in acceptance or rejection of a decision only through consensus at every echelon of the management structure.

The correct answer is ‘True’.

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Content-oriented theories examine motivation in more general terms and are more useful in creating a composite picture of employee motivation in _____.

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1. A particular country or region

Most research in international human resource management has been content-oriented, because these theories examine motivation in more general terms and are more useful in creating a composite picture of employee motivation in a particular country or region.

1. Universal terms
2. Western-leaning nations
3. Eastern-leaning nations

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The correct answer is: A particular country or region

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The first assumption about the motivation process is that it is:

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1. Universal

The first assumption is that the motivation process is universal, that all people are motivated to pursue goals they value—what the work-motivation theorists call goals with “high valence” or “preference.”

1. Country specific
2. Culturally explicit
3. Regionally distinct

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The correct answer is: Universal

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If centralized decision making is in place, the most important decisions are made at the:

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1. Top management level

If decision making is centralized, most important decisions are made at the top; if decision making is decentralized, decisions are delegated to operating personnel.

1. Middle management level
2. Level of self-managed work teams
3. Operational personnel

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The correct answer is: Top management level

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The factors Welsh, Luthans, and Sommer observed among the Russian workforce that seemed to increase worker performance are:

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1. Value of extrinsic reward and participative techniques
2. Value of extrinsic reward and behavioral management

Welsh, Luthans, and Sommer examined the value of extrinsic rewards, behavioral management, and participative techniques among Russian factory workers. The first two of these motivational approaches worked well to increase worker performance, but the third did not.

1. Participative techniques and behavioral management
2. Value of intrinsic reward and participative techniques

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The correct answer is: Value of extrinsic reward and behavioral management

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_____ is a psychological process through which unsatisfied wants or needs lead to drives that are aimed at goals or incentives.

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1. Ability
2. Inducement
3. Assurance
4. Motivation

Motivation is a psychological process through which unsatisfied wants or needs lead to drives that are aimed at goals or incentives.

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The correct answer is: Motivation

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Managers everywhere avoid using rewards to motivate their personnel.

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The role of intrinsic rewards—the psychological rewards that employees get from doing work that matters to them—is important around the world; however, what is meaningful and rewarding may vary from culture to culture.

The correct answer is ‘False’.

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A company is likely to ________ decision-making processes when there are important brand names or patent rights involved as it wants to create as much protection as possible.

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1. Decentralize
2. Delay
3. Centralize
4. Delegate

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The correct answer is: Delay

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Which of the following factors encourages the use of centralized decision making?

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1. Small company size
2. Small capital investment
3. Relatively low importance to the MNC
4. Highly competitive environment

In the international arena, however, sometimes the opposite approach is used. As competition increases and profit margins are driven down, home-office management often seeks to standardize product and marketing decisions to reduce cost and maintain profitability. Many upper-level operating decisions are made by central management and merely implemented by the subsidiary, although in some instances, companies still opt to decentralize operations if product diversification is necessary.

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The correct answer is: Highly competitive environment

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The following factors encourage the use of centralized decision making except:

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1. Large company size
2. Large capital investment
3. Heterogeneous product lines

According to Table 11-1, homogeneous product lines encourage centralized decision-making.

1. High degree of technology

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Geert Hofstede and others have suggested that need-satisfaction profiles are a very useful way of addressing motivation.

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The well-known Dutch researcher Geert Hofstede and others have suggested that need-satisfaction profiles are not a very useful way of addressing motivation, because there often are so many different subcultures within any given country that it may be difficult or impossible to determine which culture variables are at work in any particular work setting.

The correct answer is ‘False’.

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