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Identify a potential problem associated with diversity.
it tends to cause lack of cohesion
According to a study by Ronald Lessen and Fred Neubauer, Unlike Spanish negotiators, French negotiators:
look for a meeting of minds
In Japan, management and unions view each other in a much more adversarial way, and in the United States, unions are regarded as partners.
False
In high context societies, the succinct style of communications is very common.
False
In the context of Hosfstede's original four dimensions, countries with low-uncertainty- avoidance cultures have a great deal of structuring of organizational activities, more written rules, less risk taking by managers, lower labor turnover, and less ambitious employees.
False
In the context of her characteristics of culture, transgenerational means that cultural has structure and integrated; a change in one part will bring changes in another.
False
In the united states, companies tend to reach out to the government for assistance when finances are pressured
False
It is necessary for today's organizations to do business in another country to encounter people with diverse cultural backgrounds.
False
When conducting business in China, one must realize that individualism highly prized.
False
Which of the following is not a principle advocated by Fisher and Ury, authors of the book Getting to Yes, to help avoid disasters while negotiating for mutual benefit?
Focus on Positions rather than interests
Advertising in ____ is predominately emotional, dramatic, and symbolic.
France
Statistics show that on average, ______ workers have the longest vacations in the world, four to five weeks annually.
French
A company with a ____ predisposition tries to integrate a global systems approach to decision making
Geocentric
Communication in the international arena is straightforward process with minor difficulties
False
Haptics is the study of the way that people use physical space to convey messages
False
Hostede found that wealthy countries have higher collectivism scores and poorer countries higher individualism scores.
False
Hofstede's ___ dimension looked at the relationship between gender and work roles
Masculinity VS. Femininity
According to the GLOBE cultural variable results, which of the following countries were the most assertive?
Spain and the United States
Which of the following describes the attitude toward authority in the Eiffel Tower culture?
Status is ascribed to superior roles that are distant yet powerful.
Research by Trompenaars and Hampden- Turner shows that Arab negotiators:
Analyze things subjectively and treat deadlines as only general guidelines for wrapping up negotiations
Haptics refers to communicating through the use of _____
Bodily contact
Research conducted by Jhon L. Graham shows that during a buyer-seller negotiation simulation:
Brazilian use self-disclosure more than Americans
_____ do not use silent periods at all during negotiations, but they do make frequent use of other nonverbal behaviors
Brazilians
The typical broad, self-deprecating ____ commercial amuses by mocking both the advertiser and consumer.
British
Culturally, a German can be expected to have a ______ handshake
Brusque and firm
Which of the following cultural characteristic should be kept in mind when conducting business in Russia?
Building personal relationships with partners is important
Chromatic is the use of:
Color to communicate messages
In the action stage of team development, the focus shifts to:
Decisions making and implementation
Which of the following describes the relationships between employees in the family culture?
Diffuse relationships to organic whole to which one is bonded
The ____ culture is characterized by a strong emphasis on hierarchy and orientation to the task
Eiffel tower culture
A ____ group is characterized by members who share similar backgrounds and who generally perceive, interpret, and evaluate events in similar ways.
Homogeneous
Which of the following dimensions measures the freedom to satisfy one's natural needs and desires withing a society?
Indulgence VS Restraint
Which of the following "distance" is used for communicating very confidential messages?
Intimate
Which of the following terms refers to the process of bargaining with one or more parties for the purpose of arriving at a solution that is acceptable to all?
Negotiation
In practice, guanix resembles ____
Nepotism
Societal collectivism refers to the degree to which:
Organizational and social institutional practices encourages and reward collective distribution of resources and collectivism action.
_____ is the belief that circumstances dictate how ideas and practices should be applied.
Particularism
Identify a true statement about the different approaches identified by Dutch researcher, Fons Trompenaars to describe the ways in which people deal with the concepts of time.
People in Mexico often build slack into their schedules to allow for interruptions.
A ____ style of communication focuses on the speaker and the reduction of barriers between the parties
Personal
Firms with a ___ predisposition make strategic decisions tailored to suit the cultures of the countries where the MNC operates.
Polycentric
Which of the following describes the way of thinking and learning in the guided missile culture?
Problem centered, professional, practical, and cross-disciplinary
In Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States, managers value their individualism and are motivated by all of the following opportunities except ___
Profit- sharing plans
The way in which managers working in the country of Batagonia interacts with a manager working in the country of Octavia is the same way in which he or she behaves when doing business with an executive working in the country of cordia. This scenario exemplifies_____
Simplification
according to a cross- cultural study of differences in work values, ____ managers placed a high values on the tactful acquisition of influence and on regard for others
The U.S.
Which of the following types of organizational cultures can be considered a fulfillment - oriented culture?
The incubator culture
Organizational climate is reflected by:
The way employees interact with each other
Which of the following statements is ture about french workers?
They have a reputation for high productivity.
A major benefit of culturally diverse groups is that they can prevent groupthink.
True
Diverse and global teams are one of the most consistent sources competitive advantage for any organization.
True
In general, french employee give utmost importance to quality of life and do not derive much motivation from professional accomplishment
True
In the context of Hofstede's original four dimension, power distance is "the extent to which less powerful members of institutions and organizations accept that power is distributed unequally.
True
Indians are very tolerant of outsiders and understand that many are unfamiliar with local customs and procedures.
True
It is very difficult to communicate effectively with someone from another culture unless at least one party has some understanding of the others culture
True
The affective style of communication is commonly found in collective, high contest cultures as the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia
True
The difficulty of managing global organizations, as in the case of some local subsidiaries that want more decentralization and others that want less, is one of the factors that are moving companies to facilitate the development of unique strategies for different cultures.
True
There often are substantial differences between the organizational cultures of different subsidiaries
True
Universalism is the belief that ideas and practices can be applied everywhere without modification
True
_____ is the extent to which people feel threatened by ambiguous situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these.
Uncertainty avoidance
The three completed GLOBE phases explore the various elements of the dynamic relationship between _____ and _____.
the culture; organizational behavior
In the context of writing business letters of complaint, Park Dillon, and Mitchell reported that American writers:
used a direct organizational pattern