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105.
According to the text, the types of information an IC needs to have reported by
subsidiaries include:
Fill in the Blank Questions
106.
______________________ refers to the way that an organization formally arranges its
various domestic and international units and activities, and the relationships among these
various organizational components.
107.
A company's structure helps determine where formal power and ________ will be located
within the organization.
108.
____________________ is a process that deals with how an international business should be
organized in order to ensure that its worldwide business activities are able to be
integrated in an efficient and effective manner.
109.
In designing an international organization, it is essential that the structures and systems
being implemented are not merely consistent with each other, but also consistent with the
___________________ and _________________________.
110.
While changes in an IC's strategy may require changes in the organization's _______, the
reverse is also true.
111.
The two main issues management must consider in designing an international company's
structure are (1) ______ to most effectively take advantage of efficiencies gained from
specialization of labor and (2) ______ the resulting departments' activities to meet the
firm's overall objectives.
112.
The four primary dimensions that need to be considered when designing the structure of
an international company include
____________________________________________________.
Topic: Overview of Organizational Structure and Design
113.
Managers have to consider the nature of their company's international ______ environment
and ______, both currently and how they might look in the future, when deciding on the
IC's structure.
114.
The _______________________ is a division in the organization that is at the same level as
the domestic division and is responsible for all non-home country activities.
115.
The use of an international division structure can result in ______ within the firm. For
example, there may be disagreements and power struggles between the domestic
operations and the international division over product designs, priority in scheduling of
production, or the prices that the domestic unit charges to the international unit.
116.
As the company's overseas operations increase in importance and scope, management
often eliminates international divisions in favor of worldwide organizational structures
based on ______, ______, ______, ______ classes.
117.
An international product structure represents a return to pre-export department times in
that the ______ product division is given responsibility for global line and staff operations.
118.
A common problem with the use of an international product structure is that it creates a
duplication of ______ experts.
119.
The type of structure that simplifies the task of directing worldwide operations because
every country in the world is clearly under the control of someone who is in contact with
headquarters is _____________.
120.
The type of structure that is popular with companies that manufacture products with a
rather low or stable technological content that requires strong marketing ability is
____________.
121.
A common problem with the use of a(n) ____________ structure is that it creates a
duplication of product and functional specialists.
122.
Production coordination across regions presents challenges for companies with
geographic region structures, so ICs often place specialized ______ managers on the
headquarters staff to provide input to corporate decisions concerning products.
123.
Few international companies are organized by __________ at the top level.
124.
The common factor among the users of the ______ form is a narrow and highly integrated
product mix, such as that of aircraft manufacturers or oil refining companies.
125.
A structure organized by more than one dimension at the top level is a __________
organization.
126.
An organizational structure composed of one or more superimposed organizational
structures is a __________ organization.
127.
Difficulties associated with the multiple reporting relationships found in a __________
organization have kept most worldwide companies from adopting this form of
organization.
128.
An organization in which top-level divisions are required to heed input from a staff
composed of experts of another organizational dimension in an attempt to avoid the
double-reporting difficulty of a matrix organization but still mesh two or more dimensions
is called a ________________________________.
129.
A business entity with a clearly defined market, specific competitors, the ability to carry
out its business mission, and a size appropriate for control by a single manager is a(n)
________________.
130.
Most SBUs are organized based on ____________.
131.
One result of ongoing pressures for change in international companies is that changes in
organizational form, often called ______, have become an almost constant process.
132.
______ involves redesigning organizational structure, hierarchy, business systems, and
processes in order to improve organizational efficiency.
133.
Reengineering is often accompanied by a significant ______ in middle management staff,
restructuring of work processes across functional departments, and improvement in the
speed and quality of strategy execution.
134.
An organization which coordinates economic activity to deliver value to customers using
resources outside its traditional boundaries is a ______________ corporation.
