Exam 4: International Management and Cross-Cultural Competence

There is a growing concern about the prospect of immense "stateless" transnational companies because of unresolved political, economic, and tax implications.

Simple Touch Footwear Simple Touch Footwear, an American company that specializes in manufacturing shoes for women, has been producing shoes in the United States and selling them in foreign countries. Carla, the company's operations VP, feels that they should purchase a company in India to produce and market shoes to the Asian market. Carla argues that Simple Touch Footwear can get all the necessary personnel from headquarters to run the Indian operation so that tight control can be maintained. However, Nataryan, the marketing director born in India, argues that given the cultural differences, the company should hire only Indian nationals for the Indian subsidiary. Jerry, the company CEO, feels that Simple Touch Footwear should evolve into a company with a more geocentric attitude by hiring and developing the best people from all over the world. -Refer to Simple Touch Footwear. If Simple Touch Footwear buys the Indian company, it would move to the ____ stage of the internationalization process.

In the international work goals study, job security was equally important in Israel and America.

The first stage in the internationalization process is often

International managers who are in doubt about which leadership style to use in a foreign country are advised to use an authoritarian style.

Ideally, managers of transnational organizations "think locally, but act globally."

Which GLOBE project leadership styles are most broadly applicable around the world? What, if any, leadership styles should be avoided worldwide? Which styles need to be used on a contingency basis, depending on the specific culture in question?

The study of how organizational behavior and management practices differ across cultures is called ____ management.

In polychronic cultures, time is treated as flexible or elastic.

If someone says you have an ethnocentric attitude, should you take it as a compliment? What does this sort of attitude involve?

People in ____ focus primarily on individual rights, roles, and achievements.

Which of the nine GLOBE dimensions of culture involves the extent to which society and institutions should reward loyalty?

Regina Exteriors Regina Exteriors, a rapidly growing Spanish tile manufacturer, is looking to expand its operations overseas. Mr. Rodriguez, the CEO, feels that North America should be an ideal market given the NAFTA trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. He needs relevant information for making the decision to expand in the North American market. -Refer to Regina Exteriors. Mr. Rodriguez should be prepared to deal with a _________ culture in the U.S.

Experts suggest that patience is important for successful international joint ventures.

Researchers from the University of Michigan concluded that the world is indeed moving towards a uniform "McWorld," where American culture prevails.

Out of all American managers sent on overseas assignments, as high as ____ percent fail.

In ____ organizations, authority and decision-making are headquarters-centered.

Relative to the GLOBE leadership styles, ____ leaders are administratively competent team builders who diplomatically emphasize common purposes and goals.

Asians tend to view Westerners as quiet and hard to figure out.

When goods produced in one country are sold to customers in foreign countries, it is called