Question 1

Organizations,like people,have ____________.In their youth,they are small,fast growing,and tend toward the entrepreneurial.However,as they age,they often become big,complex,and out of touch with their markets.

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Question 2

Companies in which the parent firm has 100 percent ownership are known as __________________.

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Question 3

What is organizational design and why is it an important topic for managers of international companies to understand?

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Question 4

In firms without a global product policy,operations managers in the headquarters typically have preferred to ______ the product,or at least the production process,in as many overseas plants as possible.

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Question 5

Explain why and where decisions are made among ICs and their subsidiary units.

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Question 6

What are the types of information that an international company needs to have reported to it by its units around the world,and why is each type important for the IC and its control efforts?

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Question 7

Every successful company uses __________ to put its plans into effect: evaluate,correct,and reward.

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Question 8

Describe the global product form,explain why a company might adopt this form,and identify the disadvantages of this structure?

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Question 9

The less familiar or the more different from home headquarters perceives conditions in the host country to be,the more likely headquarters is to rely on ______ management.

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Question 10

Pricing that is established for transactions between members of the enterprise is called __________ pricing.

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Question 11

Even if an IC has less than 50 percent of the voting stock and no voting stock,it can still exercise ______ over a subsidiary's decisions and activities.

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Question 12

Companies controlled by other companies through ownership of enough voting stock to elect majorities on the board of directors are ___________.

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Question 13

Companies controlled by other companies,but where less-than-majority owners may exercise control by a variety of means,both those involving stock ownership and those involving nonownership mechanisms are ___________.

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Question 14

In addition to market opportunities,the information that the headquarters of an IC needs to have reported to it by all operating units includes _____________________________.

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Question 15

What are the four primary dimensions that need to be considered when designing the structure of an international company and why are they important?

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Quiz 10: Organizational Design and Control