[管理学]上海大学管理学英语unit7 A.ppt

Part Four Fill in each blank with any word in the box you think fit. figures adjusting about indirect direct primarily different reason observe strategic challenge graphs formal activities advanced produce countries increase foreign sales Adjust Controls for Cross-Cultural Differences The concepts of control are appropriate for an organization whose units are not geographically separated or culturally distinct. But what (1)_______ global organizations? Will control systems be different, and what should managers know about (2)_________ controls for national differences? about adjusting Methods of controlling people and work can be quite (3)_________in different countries. The differences in organizational control systems of global organizations are (4)__________in the measurement and corrective action steps of the control process. In a global corporation, managers of (5)_________ operations tend to be less directly controlled by the home office, if for no other (6)_______than that distance keeps different primarily foreign reason managers from being able to (7)_________ work directly. Because distance creates a tendency to formalize controls, the home office of a global company often relies on extensive (8)_______ reports for control. The global company also may use the power of information technology to control work (9)_________. observe formal activities For instance, the Japanese retailer Ito-Yokado, which owns the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, uses automated cash registers not only to record (10)_____ and monitor inventory, but also to schedule tasks for store managers and to track managers’ use of the built-in analytical (11)_______ and forecasts. If managers don’t use them enough, they’re told to (12)_________their activities. sales graphs increase Technology’s impact on control also can be seen when