Exam 3: Integrative Managerial Issues

Which of the following best defines sustainability for a company?

The U.S.workforce is now over 70 percent male.

In most cases, organizations that have managers who behave ethically tend to have ________.

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

Which choice constitutes the typical first step for an organization that is "going global"?

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 hopes to become a fully global corporation in the coming years.Which of the following would best indicate that the company is fully "global"?

Managers hire contingent workers because they are ________ than permanent workers.

Gina is a dean at Polydor College, a school with almost 6,000 students. In her daily activities, she has to deal with problems that involve students, faculty, curriculum, budgets, and a variety of other things. Among the problems Gina needs to deal with are complaints from students that the Physics Department has only one faculty member who is a woman and one who is a member of a minority group. Gina has been meeting with the department chair to address this problem. Gina recognizes that students and parents pay a lot of money to attend the university, so when large and small problems arise Gina wants them dealt with effectively. She has installed a 24-hour "Hassle Line" with highly trained people to answer questions and solve problems. She hopes to have her Hassle Line employees function within a customer responsive culture -Gina sees her school's greatest opportunity to increase enrollment in prospective students who are good at multitasking and are good with technology.What term describes these prospective students?

An organization can be considered "global" simply if it carries out trade with other countries.

Parochialism is ________.

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

A global corporation ________.

A country with a high uncertainty avoidance ________.

Transnational corporations run their businesses from their home country.

In a short essay, define parochialism and explain why it can be a problem for U.S.managers.

Supporters of socially responsible businesses claim that by becoming socially responsible, businesses can expect ________.

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

Any action that is illegal is unethical and any action that is legal is ethical.

A manager who subscribes to the theory of justice view of ethics might pay low-level employees ________.

Which kind of discrimination is NOT prohibited under federal law?