INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DESIGN AND CONTROL QUIZ 1

Quiz 1


1. MNCs typically adopt one of which three managerial philosophies?
         
          a. ethnocentric, polycentric, geocentric
          b. sociocentric, ethnocentric, polycentric
          c. geocentric, sociocentric polycentric
          d. ethnocentric, sociocentric, geocentric


2. A design that adopt this type of international organizational design may use both the global product design and the global matrix design to succeed.


          a. Global hybrid design
          b. Global functional design
          c. Global combination design
          d. Global area design


3. Which global design is not suitable for product lines undergoing rapid technological change, makes coordination across functional areas expensive, and discourages global product planning?


          a. Global customer design
          b. Global product design
          c. Global hybrid design
          d. Global area design


4 . This type of international control focuses more on how things are done rather than on the outcomes.


          a. Strategic operation control
          b. Planning process control
          c. Geocentric organizational control
          d. Process centre control


5. This type of international organizational design works for companies with a single product that can be manufactured wherever the company sees the demand or where the costs are cheaper.


        a. Global area design
        b. Global functional design
        c. Global customer design
        d. Global product design








Answer :
Q1 = A
Q2 = A
Q3 = D
Q4 = B
Q5 = D

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DESIGN AND CONTROL QUIZ 2

QUIZ 2


1. An MNC that has adopted a global organization design will need to integrate which three types of knowledge to compete effectively internationally?


         a. Area, product, functional
         b. Technological, area, functional
         c. Product, technological, functional
         d. Functional, technological, area


2. This stage of going international allow a firm to concentrate resources and create specialized programs targeted on international business activity.


        a. Export division
        b. Global department
        c. International division
        d. Matrix division


3.    This term was used to describe a group of managers from different locations around the world who share information as a result of personal contact, mutual acquaintances, training program, etc.


         a. Informal management network
         b. Informal communication system
         c. Informal communication network
         d. International system network


4.  These are considered the five most common forms of global organization design.


          a. Product, area, functional, customer, matrix
          b. Customer, matrix, functional, hybrid, area
          c. Area, customer, matrix, product, hybrid
          d. matrix, product, functional, customer, hybrid


5. This level on control focuses specifically on operating processes and systems within both the firm and its subsidiaries.


          a. Planning process control
          b. Generic organizational control
          c. Operations control
          d. Responsibility center control








Answer :
QI = A
Q2 = C
Q3 = A
Q4 = A
Q5 = C