Exam 2: Challenges for Managers

Mr. Okazaki has been born and brought up in Japan. However, he is employed as a manager at Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio. It can be said that Mr. Okazaki is an expatriate manager.

Managers feel that dealing with diversity is a paramount concern because of the need to:

Identify a potential problem of workforce diversity.

Mention the benefits and problems of workforce diversity.

In the context of ethnic diversity, which of the following statements is true of African American workers and Hispanic American workers in the United States?

_____ is a cultural orientation in which assertiveness and materialism are valued.

_____ is the degree to which a culture tolerates ambiguity.

Which of the following involves repeated pressures for dates?

Martha is from a culture that has a tightly knit social framework. She is a part of a non-governmental organization in which the members strongly depend on each other and value group decisions. It is evident that Martha belongs to a culture that is characterized by _____.

_____ are managers who work in a country other than their home country.

Many Chinese use guanxi , or personal connections, to:

Older employees in an organization _____ than their younger counterparts.

Which of the following is true in societies with low power distance?

Corporate social responsibility is an organization's obligation to behave ethically in its social environment.

In the context of ethical dilemmas facing the modern organization, whistle-blowing is:

Identify a benefit of diversity in the workplace.

In cultures characterized by traditional femininity, assertiveness and materialism are valued.

People born from 1946 through 1964 are called _____.

Which of the following is true of the women in the U.S. labor force?

Which of the following statements is true of people in cultures with high uncertainty avoidance?