Man2604

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