Henri Dubois, Five-Year Management Trainee in Brown Company's Office in Paris

Multiple Choice

Henri Dubois, five-year management trainee in Brown Company's office in Paris, is scheduled to work a two-year assignment in the Houston office. His Houston supervisor, Laurie Burns, is aware of various work-related differences between French/European and American professional cultures, so she is planning accordingly. One of the ways that she is planning to deal with these differences is

A) to "throw him in to the deep end" by having him experience American business meetings without any up-front coaching.
B) to reinforce her expectation that Henri will immediately embrace an American workaholic schedule, including work on weekends.
C) to avoid face-to-face conversations with Henri in favor of heavy email communication.
D) to assign Peter Adams, Vice President of Production, as Henri's mentor, given Henri's respect for wisdom gained through experience.
E) to lavish positive feedback and praise on Henri, far in excess of what he would be comfortable with if working in his Paris office.