Exam 15: Managing Global Systems

List at least four general cultural factors and four specific business factors driving global business.Which two factors (one of each)do you feel are most problematic at the current moment? Why?

________ firms have no single national headquarters but have many regional headquarters and perhaps a world headquarters.

Franchise companies have typically had ________ systems.

In terms of global business strategy,the governance of ________ firms has been likened to a federal structure-strong central management core of decision making,but considerable dispersal of power and financial resources.

There are two primary global organization types: management centralized in the home country or distributed to foreign centers.

The chapter outlines three steps in developing an effective global system solution.Which of the following is not one of these steps?

Brazil,Russia,India,and China are now referred to as the _________________countries,all judged to be at a similar stage of advanced economic development.

A critical necessity for ensuring the integration of local systems into a global system is

Which systems are worth sharing on a transnational basis,from a cost and feasibility point of view?

Domestic exporters tend to have highly decentralized systems in which a single domestic systems development staff develops worldwide applications.

Which are some the major problems of international networks?

The way to identify these core business processes is to conduct a___________________________.

Developing international networks has few problems today because of the global acceptance of Internet standards.

Micromarketing describes the direct marketing of products to individuals rather than groups.

The collapse of the Eastern block has speeded the growth of a world culture.

The way to identify core business processes is to conduct a

________ systems support functions that are absolutely critical to the organization.

General cultural factors driving global business are

The first step in establishing a corporate strategy and structure for globalization is to determine the appropriate technology platform.

A Canadian culture created by television,the Internet,and other globally shared media such as movies now permits different cultures and peoples to develop common expectations about right and wrong,desirable and undesirable,heroic and cowardly.