Assignment title: Information


1. Which are the biggest management challenges for international firms? What can firms do in response?2. What are some of the forms of political risk? What steps can firms take in order to deal with this risk?3. How should multinationals deal with human right abuses by foreign governments? Bribery attempts? Other questionable practices? Should they involve themselves in the issue at all? Why?4. What is the effect of cultural context in cross-culture inter actions? In addition to the role it could play in communication itself, what might be the effect on negotiations, in meetings in general, and for a firm's human resource practices as a whole? You may take an example of one country in your answer.5. Explain why both spoken and written cross-culture communication presents many challenges to non-native communicators?6. Identify and explain the cultural causes of conflict in international management?7. Explain the five steps in the process of developing international strategy?8. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of various foreign market entry options?9. What are the pros and cons associated with various organization structures used by international firms?10. Describe the difficulties faced by multinationals with regard to cross-cultural leadership issues?11. What are some of the problems in evaluating employee performance, and how are these problems complicated by an international setting?12. List some of the advantages and disadvantages associated with cultural diversity in groups?