Exam 4: Integrative Managerial Issues

Business Expansion Plan (Scenario) As a business expansion director, Shana's goal is to scout potential locations for her company's planned expansion to other countries. There are many options, some of which include maintaining the business's head office in the United States. Other options send company representatives to foreign operations when necessary, or establishing separate operation facilities abroad and hiring locals as managers. -Shana's company "went global" several years ago. Which of the following was likely to have been the first step it took in going global?

Multinational corporations maintain significant operations in two or more countries simultaneously.

Which of the following is the best synonym for the word parochial?

Managers should expect contingent workers and core employees to be equally committed to the organization's goals.

Status in France within a corporation is largely ________.

A Different View (Scenario) Jana has spent the last year traveling to different operations for her company. She visited factories in Mexico and Thailand, a finance operation in Singapore, a pearl company in Japan, and many other venues. She now has collected her thoughts about the various places she visited. -In Greece Jana visited a pharmaceutical operation. She found that managers there were charming but not at all shy. If they thought they were right they tended to be aggressive and confrontational. How would you characterize this trait?

An organization that hires employees from other countries but does not obtain financing from a foreign source cannot be considered global.

Long-term stability and the long-term ability to make profits is an argument for social responsibility.

When did global trade first make its appearance?

The strength of global supply chains is clearly illustrated by their response to such events as unrest in the Middle East or an earthquake in Japan.

There is little evidence that managers of major organizations ever fail to act responsibly and ethically.

Parochialism is ________.

In a short essay, discuss arguments for and against social responsibility.

Hofstede based his ratings on the traits of people of different nationalities with whom he was personally acquainted.

________ is an attribute that describes how materialistic a society is.

Societies with a high assertiveness rating would tend to be ________.

In a short essay, list and explain the last two of Hofstede's dimensions of national culture.

Which of the following dimensions from the GLOBE framework has no equivalent counterpart in Hofstede's framework?

The classical view of organizational social responsibility is that management's only social responsibility is to maximize profits.

A Different View (Scenario) Jana has spent the last year traveling to different operations for her company. She visited factories in Mexico and Thailand, a finance operation in Singapore, a pearl company in Japan, and many other venues. She now has collected her thoughts about the various places she visited. -In Denmark Jana met people who marveled about the ability of Americans to be so "bold" and flexible when it came to making decisions about the future, while the Danish tended to rely on rules when facing uncertainty. How would you characterize this trait that Americans appear to have?