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PART A.

1. What is Organizational Development?

2. In your own understanding, what is the purpose of employee discipline in a workplace?

3. What function does the grievance procedure play in human resource management?

4. In your perspective, do you think it is vital to address the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace? Why or why not? Explain your answer briefly.

5. Why is feedback important in the five phases of designing and implementing an organizational development strategy?

PART B.

1. What incentives influence firms to use international strategies?

2. What are the three basic benefits firms can gain by successfully implementing an international strategy?

3. What four factors are determinants of national advantage and serve as a basis for international business-level strategies?

4. What are the three international corporate-level strategies? What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with these strategies?

5. What are some global environmental trends affecting the choice of international strategies, particularly international corporate-level strategies?

6. What five entry modes do firms use to enter international markets? What is the typical sequence in which firms use these entry modes?

7. What are political risks and what are economic risks? How should firms deal with these risks?

8. What are the strategic competitiveness outcomes firms can achieve through international strategies, and particularly through an international diversification strategy?

9. What are two important issues that can potentially affect a firm's ability to successfully use international strategies?

PART C.

1. What is the definition of cooperative strategy, and why is this strategy important to firms competing in the current competitive landscape?

2. What is a strategic alliance? What are the three major types of strategic alliances that firms form for the purpose of developing a competitive advantage?

3. What are the four business-level cooperative strategies? What are the key differences among them?

4. What are the three corporate-level cooperative strategies? How do firms use each of these strategies for the purpose of creating a competitive advantage?

5. Why do firms use cross-border strategic alliances?

6. What risks are firms likely to experience as they use cooperative strategies?

7. What are the differences between the cost-minimization approach and the opportunity-maximization approach to managing cooperative strategies?