International Business Management (MGTC4305)
Higher Institute of Commerce and Management (HICM)
Semester: First Semester
Level: 400
Year: 2015
UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
Higher Institute of Commerce & Management (HICM)
(First Semester Exam, 2014-2015 Academic Year)
Lecturer: Dennis Nyameca Onyama (PhD/DBA)
Doctor of Business Administration
Course Code (MGSc 305), COURSE TITLE: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Exam Instructions: PLEASE ANSWER EACH PART SEPARATELY AND ANSWER ALL
QUESTIONS Time Allowed: 3 hours
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Briefly discuss the factors that influence a firm’s organizational structure? (3 marks)
2. Briefly explain specialization and departmentalization as two of the building blocks of
organizational structure? (3 marks)
3. Describe centralization and decentralization, delegation, and authority as the key ingredients
in establishing the decision-making hierarchy? (3 marks)
4. Explain the differences among functional, divisional, matrix, and international organizational
structures and describe the most popular new forms of organizational design? (5 marks)
5. Describe the informal organization and briefly discuss intrapreneuring corporate
entrepreneurship? (3 marks)
PART TWO: SELF-CHECK QUESTIONS
1)
Multiple Choice
Which of the following jobs is likely to reflect the highest degree of specialization? (2 marks)
a) chief executive officer
b) sales representative ' "
c) assembly line worker
d) human resources manager
2)
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a common basis for departmentalization? (2 marks)
a) sequence
b) function
c) process ’
d) product
3)
Multiple Choice
A tall organization usually has which of the following kinds of span of control? (2 marks)
a) wide
b) smooth
c) narrow
d) none of these
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