Exam 7: Implementing the Strategy: Building Multidimensional Capabilities

In the geographic (country)manager's role as an information broker,the individual must engage in all of the following activities,except

Worldwide functional managers would not occupy the following executive role in the MNE

The major challenge facing all MNEs is to allocate their major strategic tasks and organizational roles among key management groups.

To succeed in the modern international operating environment,managers must be able to do all of the following,except:

The top-level management team should balance all of the following processes in order to fully exploit the MNE's assets and resources and greatly leverage its performance,except

Which of the following do not constitute part of the strategic tension facing the geographic (country)manager

While the global business manager must routinely incorporate the perspectives of the geographic (country)managers when formulating the MNE's global business strategy,there is no need to incorporate the perspectives of the worldwide functional managers because these perspectives are incorporated into the formulation of the broader corporate strategy.

To respond to the heightened complexity and diversity associated with managing global operations in the 21st century,MNEs can be expected to increasingly adopt organizational forms characterized by hierarchical structures which emphasize either-or choices in place of forms that emphasize flexible coordinative processes and integrated networks of assets and resources.

It is not important to assign a qualified person to the global business management role.

The global business manager does not need to be located in the MNE's home country.

The global business manager alone is responsible for formulating the strategic priorities of the MNE.

In executing responsibilities for cross-border coordination,the global business manager will not typically

As an information broker,the geographic (country)manager must understand the national culture well,and thereby decide how to modify the MNE's goals,strategies and values so that that they become appropriate for the local context.

In general,the global business manager,the geographic (country)subsidiary manager and the worldwide functional manager respectively cope with challenges of developing global efficiency and competitiveness,national responsiveness and flexibility,and worldwide innovation and learning capabilities.Nevertheless,it does not mean that they undertake their tasks unilaterally.

Worldwide functional managers are frequently promoted into their positions after having demonstrated functional knowledge that is highly specialized,such as technological capability,marketing expertise or manufacturing know-how,to name a few.This promotion requires that functional managers evolve from secondary staff roles to take active roles in transnational management.While the tasks facing worldwide functional managers will vary widely by specific function,the core roles and responsibilities that all worldwide functional managers should be expected to fulfill are more predictable.Discuss the three core roles and responsibilities,explaining why they are integral to the success of the modern transnational organization.Provide examples to illustrate these roles and responsibilities.

In overseeing the worldwide distribution of key assets and resources,the global business manager is responsible for all of the following,except

Which of the following expressions is used to describe one class of transnational innovation developed by worldwide functional managers

All of the following forces are contributing to the complexity and diversity encountered by MNEs in the 21st century,except:

An effective approach by a transnational manager to the first sign of difficulty at a subsidiary is to

In light of the dramatic changes in the organizational form of MNEs,which of the following do not receive enough attention from those who manage modern MNEs