Exam 2: Cross-Cultrual Busines

Success in international business can often be traced directly to a deep understanding of some aspect of a people's commercial environment.

Scenario: Ian Richards, International Executive Ian Richards is vice president of new business development for a British-based Internet company. He will soon attend an international symposium on global Internet marketing in Brazil where he will meet people from around the world. -In attendance with the Japanese vice-presidents is a regional manager, Hideki Yoshimura, who recently committed some costly errors for the company. If Mr. Yoshimura bows at 45 degrees, Ian should feel ________.

________ is a favorite color in Islam and can be used in most advertising and product packaging.

Scenario: Global Trading, Inc. Global Trading, Inc. (GTI) is a company that manufactures and markets in over 40 countries and has 75,000 employees. GTI is concerned about understanding and managing not only its employees abroad, but also its suppliers and customers. Jamie, a consultant with Diversity Training International, is supervising a cross-cultural project for GTI and proposes using the Hofstede framework for analyzing cultures. Executives with GTI are interested in the framework, but have many questions. -Which one of the following dimensions might help Jamie understand group dynamics at his subsidiary?

________ refers to all the physical features that characterize the surface of a geographic region.

Which of the following believes that salvation comes from faith in God and that hard work gives glory to God?

Understanding a culture's ________ provides great insight into a people's thoughts and actions.

Describe brain drain and its impact (positive and negative) on an economy.

To support and promote the concept of national culture, a nation-state may ________.

Detailed knowledge about a culture that enables people to live and work within it is called ________.

When a manager walks employees through every step of an assignment and monitors the results at each stage, it is called ________.

The color of death and mourning in Japan and most of Asia is ________.

Which component of culture involves evaluating a country's leisure activities and work ethics?

Bowing to communicate respect in Japan is an example of which type of cultural trait?

Conducting business during meals is a common practice in ________.

Factors that normally determine social status include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

The first step in analyzing a nation's potential as a host for international business activity typically involves assessing its overall business climate.

Scenario: HR Experts, Inc. You were just hired at HR Experts, Inc., a diverse and global human resources consulting company. This, your first day on the job, you are assigned to a trouble-shooting group comprising individuals from different cultures. Your team members are Tom, Ketan, Yoshi, Hung Shin, and Nazam. During the course of the day working in the group, you try to put people's names and faces with their cultures and beliefs. -Hearing Ketan's comment, Tom responded, "I believe that salvation comes from faith in God and that hard work gives glory to God. So my friend, work hard and have faith in God." Which religion do you believe Tom practices?

When translated, Shinto means ________.

The belief that one's own ethnic group or culture is superior to that of others is referred to as ________.