Exam 4: Managing in a Global Environment

The __________ concept proposes that corporations can alleviate poverty and other social ills, as well as make significant profits, by selling to the world's poorest people.

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Question 61

According to the GLOBE Project value dimensions, Japan and Russia both have very high performance orientation.

(True/False)

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Question 62

List the three components of cultural intelligence.

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Question 63

A high performance orientation means that a society encourages toughness, assertiveness, and competitiveness.

(True/False)

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Question 64

__________ stands for preference for achievement, heroism, assertiveness, work centrality (with resultant high stress), and material success.

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Question 65

__________ means that people send and receive unspoken cues, such as tone of voice or body language, in addition to the explicit spoken words when talking with others.

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Question 66

Implicit communication refers to spoken words when talking with others.

(True/False)

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Question 67

The basic management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the same whether a company operates domestically or internationally.

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Question 68

One way that managers can fight their own ethnocentric tendencies is to:

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Question 69

A multinational corporationis managed as an integrated worldwide business system.

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Question 70

Which of the following types of companies place an emphasis on their home countries?

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Question 71

All of the following are low-level jobs that have been outsourced to low-wage countries in recent years except:

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Question 72

List the three approaches that companies often use to enter new markets internationally.

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Question 73

A nation's __________ includes the shared knowledge, beliefs and values, as well as the common modes of behavior and ways of thinking, among members of a society.

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Question 74

A(n) __________ reflects a concern with the past and present and a high value on meeting current obligations.

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Question 75

A foreign terrorist kidnaps your firm's marketing vice president while the vice president is in the host country. This is a harsh example of:

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Question 76

__________ includes events such as riots, revolutions, civil disorders, and frequent changes in government that can affect the operations of an international company.

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Question 77

List and describe the two ways that managers expand globally.

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Question 78

One result of globalization is that countries, businesses, and people have become:

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Question 79

__________ refers to the degree to which people accept inequality in power among institutions, organizations, and people.

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The __________ concept proposes that corporations can alleviate poverty and other social ills, as well as make significant profits, by selling to the world's poorest people.

According to the GLOBE Project value dimensions, Japan and Russia both have very high performance orientation.

List the three components of cultural intelligence.

A high performance orientation means that a society encourages toughness, assertiveness, and competitiveness.

__________ stands for preference for achievement, heroism, assertiveness, work centrality (with resultant high stress), and material success.

__________ means that people send and receive unspoken cues, such as tone of voice or body language, in addition to the explicit spoken words when talking with others.

Implicit communication refers to spoken words when talking with others.

The basic management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the same whether a company operates domestically or internationally.

One way that managers can fight their own ethnocentric tendencies is to:

A multinational corporationis managed as an integrated worldwide business system.

Which of the following types of companies place an emphasis on their home countries?

All of the following are low-level jobs that have been outsourced to low-wage countries in recent years except:

List the three approaches that companies often use to enter new markets internationally.

A nation's __________ includes the shared knowledge, beliefs and values, as well as the common modes of behavior and ways of thinking, among members of a society.

A(n) __________ reflects a concern with the past and present and a high value on meeting current obligations.

A foreign terrorist kidnaps your firm's marketing vice president while the vice president is in the host country. This is a harsh example of:

__________ includes events such as riots, revolutions, civil disorders, and frequent changes in government that can affect the operations of an international company.

List and describe the two ways that managers expand globally.

One result of globalization is that countries, businesses, and people have become:

__________ refers to the degree to which people accept inequality in power among institutions, organizations, and people.

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