Chapter 4 Practice test

The ________ was formed by twelve member countries with the primary motivation of reasserting the region's economic position against the United States and Japan

European Union

The polycentric attitude is a world-oriented view focusing on using the best approaches and people from around the globe.

False

Bill Sanderson, a manager in a manufacturing firm in New York has a tendency to view the world only through his U.S.-based perspective.

He has a parochialistic attitude.

The North American Free Trade Agreement includes ________.

Mexico, Canada, and the United States

Americans tend to suffer from parochialism.

True

Managers with a polycentric attitude tend to view every foreign operation as different and hard to understand.

True

Managers with an ethnocentric attitude do not trust foreign employees with key decisions or technology.

True

A corporation drops its organizational structure based on countries and reorganizes into industry groups. This is an example of the company becoming a(n) ________.

borderless organization

A manager who wishes to be successful in international business should avoid a(n) ________ attitude.

ethnocentric

A(n) ________ attitude is characterized by parochialism.

ethnocentric

While talking with her advisor at the university, Jane deduces that she has a(n) ________ attitude, as she has never traveled abroad and relates well only to people from her home country.

ethnocentric

A global company reflects the ____

ethnocentric attitude

In today's global environment, managers must have a(n) ________ attitude to be successful.

geocentric

Melanie joins an international student association in order to better understand the views of students from other countries. She is trying to become more ________ in her attitude.

geocentric

An ethnocentric attitude ________.

is the belief that the home country has the best work approaches and practices

Only speaking one language is one sign that a nation suffers from ________.

parochialism

A(n) ________ attitude is the view that employees in the host country know the best practices for running their operations.

polycentric

Managers with a(n) ________ attitude view every foreign operation as different and hard to understand.

polycentric

Samanex Corporation maintains production facilities in 13 different countries on three continents. Each facility is managed by a native of the country where it is located. This practice is indicative of a(n) ________ attitude.

polycentric

Parochialism is a tendency to ________.

view the world solely through one's own eyes and perspectives