Exam 4: International Management and Cross-Cultural Competence

According to the GLOBE leadership matrix, the participative and team-oriented leadership styles have the greatest cross-cultural applicability.

Culture is a bigger hurdle than gender. This means that North American women on foreign assignments are seen as North Americans first and women second.

____ is(are) vital to communication in high-context cultures.

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. At present, Simple Touch Footwear can be described as being at the ____ stage of the internationalization process.

A joint venture occurs when companies in foreign countries are authorized to produce or market a given product within a specified territory in return for a fee.

The pursuit of organizational objectives in international and cross-cultural settings refers to

Evergreen Industries and BigTime Technologies have teamed up to produce a more environmentally-friendly automotive engine. This is an example of

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 know that North American women have ___________ on foreign assignments.

Companies characterized by little communication flow to and from headquarters and between subsidiaries are called

Repatriation should be an afterthought rather than forethought in foreign assignments.

Self-interest is ranked below duty and loyalty to friends, family, organization, and country by people in what type of culture?

International experts argue that a true global company must have subsidiaries in at least a dozen nations.

Allison, an American, has been dispatched by her company to work in Malaysia for two years as a regional manager. She has found during her time abroad that very few locals discriminate based on her gender. However, several locals have made discriminating comments based on her nationality. Allison's experience shows that

World trade in goods and services totaled ____ in 2009.

According to the geocentric orientation, skill rather than nationality determines who gets promoted or transferred to key positions around the globe.

The perception of time as flexible, elastic, and multidimensional represents ____ time.

According to the author, the gateway to true cross-cultural understanding is

Yury is a senior-level manager for a large global conglomerate. He wants to learn more about the GLOBE leadership matrix. Which leadership style would you discourage him from using, regardless of cultural setting?

Joint ventures are also known as cross-border mergers.

Which type of company represents a futuristic perspective that is evolving?