What is communication? What is the key to effective communication?   Communication A movement of a message, with clear meaning, from sender to receiver is known as communication (Richard Hodgetts, 2006).  Communication plays a pivotal role in the organizational internal and …

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Question 1 Statistics reveal that foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown ten times faster than trade and twice as fast as the world gross domestic product. Select one: True False Feedback Statistics reveal that FDI has grown three times faster …

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What are two main concerns that MNCs should evaluate when doing business in Russia. According to Transparency international corruption perception index 2016, Russia is at 131 position among 173 countries (e.V., 2017).  Therefore, multinational corporations must evaluate their strategies to …

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Volkswagon’s Comeback: Aligning Strategy and Structure Which organizational structure described in chapter 9 does Volkswagen’s “customer oriented” structure most closely resemble? The definition of a global product division fits to the organizational structure of Volkswagen’s customer oriented structure. In a …

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Discuss findings of Hofstede and Andre Laurent about the relationship between national and organizational culture. There is a widespread belief that organizational culture tends to moderate or erase the impact of national culture. The logic of such conventional wisdom is …

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Differences between the four strategic dispositions Describe the differences between the four strategic dispositions. What is the principle advantage of each disposition? The four strategic arrangements are ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric and geocentric. Ethnocentric allows the values ​​and interests of the …

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Describe the term culture. Is culture one thing or are there many dimensions to culture? Culture is acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behavior. Culture also has the characteristics of being learned, shared, transgenerational, symbolic, …

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What is ethics? What is ethics? Why is ethics important to the study of international management? In its simplest form, ethics is a system of moral principles. They affect how people make decisions and lead their lives. Ethics deals with …

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