Exam 4: Managing in the Global Environment

A society has a common practice that states that the correct utensils to use at a formal dinner "should begin on the outside and work their way to the inside of the place setting." This is an example of which type of norm?

Changes in the work patterns of women result in a larger percentage of mothers with children under the age of five working outside the home.In the context of general environment,this is an example of which of the following forces?

Hofstede's model of national culture states five dimensions along which national cultures can be placed.Select any two of these five dimensions and discuss how each of these dimensions creates a different type of climate in which an organization can do business.

The wide-ranging global,economic,technological,sociocultural,and political forces that affect the organization and its task environment is the __________________ environment.

An organization's suppliers can have an important impact on the success of the organization.Discuss the various types of suppliers for Dell Computers,and explain why these suppliers are important to success.

The citizens of the United States and France tend to spend more and save less.

In the United States individualism is highly valued,and in Korea and Japan individuals are expected to conform to group expectations.In the context of the general environment,this is an example of a(n)__________________ force.

The set of forces and conditions that originate with global suppliers,distributors,customers,and competitors and affect an organization's ability to obtain inputs and dispose of its outputs is the ________________ environment.

If the product of a major competitor has a large share of the existing market for that product,then that product has a high level of:

Cost advantages associated with large operations are called economies of scale.