San Jose State University - College of Business - Department of Organization and Management
Business 162 - International & Comparative Management ’Äì Fall 2005 - Edfelt
 
Study Sheet #2
 
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 International Corporate Planning

 

planning

situation audit

stakeholders

strategic management

critical environmental factor

core competencies

strategy

tactics

strategic alliance

forms (modes) of IB operations

 

 1. What is distinctive about international corporate planning (in contrast to planning for a single national market)?

 

 

 Control

 

managerial control

profit center

cost center

management information system

performance indicators

foreign-exchange risk

transfer pricing

 

2. Identify/discuss the characteristics of an effective management information and control system.

3. What special issues and problems pertain to evaluating management performance in a transborder business?

 

 

 Organizing for International Operations

 

unitary structure

matrix structure

divisional structure

international division

global organization structure

network organization

headquarters organization

 

 4. What generic organization structural options (types) are common in corporations? Discuss factors/circumstances that can influence selecting from among them.

5. What symptoms may show need to change an organization structure?

6. What factors influence the location of a "headquarters organization" (e.g., national, regional or worldwide headquarters office)?

 

 

 International Managerial Staffing

 

expatriate

host-country national

third-country national

expatriate compensation package

overseas premium

inpatriation

repatriation agreement

headhunter

 

 7. How can international managerial staffing patterns/practices/problems differ significantly from patterns at home? Consider, for example the recruiting, selection, performance appraisal, promotion, training, development, compensation, and termination of managers. Discuss/explain.

8. What issues, problems and mistakes (and solutions) are common in selecting, preparing and sustaining expatriates for overseas assignments?

9. Discuss tradeoffs in choosing between a host-country national and an expatriate to head your overseas subsidiary.