CBA Ch. 3 HW

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "face to face relationships are important"

HC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "knowledge is situational/relational"

HC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "less written and formal communication"

HC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "long term relationships"

HC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "multiple ties and networks"

HC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "strong insider/outsider boundaries"

HC

Hofstede: Ben has very loose ties with his family and enjoys wearing provocative T-shirts to express a sense of freedom and uniqueness. He shows no interest in joining the family business

Individualism/collectivism

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "Interpersonal connections of shorter duration"

LC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "Knowledge is codified and accessible"

LC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "Lots of written information"

LC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "People play by external rules"

LC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "Sequencing of activities"

LC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "Task-centered"

LC

High Context Characteristics vs Low Context Characteristics "verbally explicit information"

LC

Hostede: Jiro is extremely driven and assertive. His goal is to become the most powerful man in the company.

Masculinity/Femininity

Hofstede: Ming is intellectually gifted and form a very powerful family in China. Due to the power and wealth of her family, she is expected to be extremely successful in the workplace.

Power Distance

Hostede: Bill is concerned with personal stability. He has a high degree of respect for tradition and will go to great lengths to protect his reputation

Pragmatism/Normative behavior

Hostede: Elena has worked at the same company for more than 15 years. She parks in the same parking spot every ay and values routine and predictability

Uncertainty avoidance

Color of mourning; music and folklore -aesthetics -material culture -language and communication -societal organizations

aesthetics

Facebook is a social institution based on -our social needs -its self-definition -our acknowledgment of its function -free association

free association

Which of Hofstede's dimensions reflect the idea that in US it is more common to seek personal gratification -indulgence vs restraint -power distance -masculinity vs femininity -uncertainty avoidance

indulgence vs restraint

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" is an approach to dealing with culture that -will keep you on the straight and narrow because it works -will never work because, unless you are Roman, you won't fit in -violates what we know about culture because it relies on subjection perception -is dangerous because such relativistic approaches lack a fundamentally ethical basis

is dangerous because such relativistic approaches lack a fundamentally ethical basis

Facial expressions; gestures -aesthetics -material culture -language and communication -societal organizations

language and communication

Classical theater; cooking -aesthetics -material culture -language and communication -societal organizations

material culture

As you review Hall's high and low context framework, which statement is accurate of the culture in the new assignment? -more explicit verbal communications will be important -long-term relations are essential to success -fewer written instructions will be needed -knowledge tends to be situational and relative

more explicit verbal communications will be important

What does Trompenaars' dimension of individualism vs communitarianism suggest to the Chinese manager? -the us and china rank similarly on these dimensions -motivation activities in the new culture should be focused on the individual -the Chinese manager should implement a group based reward system to encourage goodwill -employees at the fish processing plan should to be evaluated on individual productivity

motivation activities in the new culture should be focused on the individual

Family and Facebook -aesthetics -material culture -language and communication -societal organizations

societal organizations

Ethnocentricity gets in the way of communication across cultural borders because -it does not allow for clear listening -people with inferior cultures will not want to communicate -cultural borders promote an ethnocentric approach -the belief in the superiority of your own culture tends to put others off

the belief in the superiority of your own culture tends to put others off