Top 250+ Solved Management of International Business MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Knowledge that is known to a specific set of people who understand what particular references mean, whereas people outside of that group don't know what they mean is known as:
a. Clique knowledge
b. Elite knowledge
c. Cultural knowledge
d. Symbolic knowledge
Q. Organizations that are good at developing relevant capabilities to respond to a changing context are known as:
a. Knowing organizations
b. Stretch organizations
c. Learning organizations
d. Absorptive organizations
Q. An organization adjusts its pricing in response to falling customer demand. This is an exampleof which type of learning?
a. Single-loop learning
b. Double-loop learning
c. Surface learning
d. Deep learning
Q. Which of the following attributes is NOT seen as being necessary for an organization to become a 'learning organization'?
a. Cultural diversity
b. Top management commitment
c. Openness to new ideas
d. Willingness to experiment and risk making mistakes
Q. One of the traps into which organizations can fall with respect to organizational learning is that they misread the reasons for success or failure. This trap is known as:
a. Causal ambiguity
b. Superstitious learning
c. Surface learning
d. Mistaken attribution learning
Q. Knowledge management is concerned with the emergence, storage and_________ ofknowledge.
a. Trade
b. Transfer
c. Translation
d. Transcription
Q. One of the main problems with explicit knowledge is that:
a. It is difficult to transfer
b. It is easier to obtain it
c. It is not fluid
d. It inhibits further learning
Q. A holding company is:
a. An organization with a balanced portfolio of individual businesses
b. A decentralized organization with a small head office that organizes finance for the subsidiaries
c. A centralized organization with a small head office that helps subsidiaries develop and finance their strategies
d. A decentralized organization with a large head office that offers a broad range of advice and services to subsidiaries
Q. A firm has a functional director for six areas and an area director for three functions. There, taff at each area/function will be reporting to 2 bosses. This firm has which type of structure?
a. Project structure
b. Matrix structure
c. Divisionalized structure
d. Front-back structure
Q. An organization structure that is in the main a functional or divisional structure but alsoincludes project teams to deal with specific issues is called:
a. An M-form structure
b. A front-back structure
c. A networked structure
d. A hybrid structure
Q. An organization that divides its structure into two main parts - one dealing with product groups and one dealing with customer segments is called:
a. A front-back structure
b. A product-customer structure
c. A back to back structure
d. A matrix structure
Q. The essential question that a corporate parent needs to ask is:
a. Does it add value to its individual businesses
b. How does it achieve a balanced portfolio
c. How does it achieve synergies across business units
d. How related should its business units be
Q. A corporate parent can offer an individual business a number of 'propositions'. These are buildpropositions, stretch propositions, link propositions, select propositions and:
a. Lend propositions
b. Locate propositions
c. Leverage propositions
d. Leap propositions
Q. The parenting style 'financial control' will tend to be most suitable in which type of portfolio?
a. A broad portfolio of fast growing businesses
b. Stable businesses with low investment needs
c. A narrow portfolio of closely related businesses
d. A rapidly changing business environment
Q. Which type of corporate parenting style has the closest relationship with its individual businesses?
a. Co-evolution
b. Corporate flexibility
c. Strategic Control
d. Strategic planning