Exam 2: Cross-Cultrual Busines

In Asian cultures, associates of equal standing bow about 45 degrees toward one another, but showing proper respect for elders requires a bow of about 90 degrees.

Briefly explain how cultures differ in their attitudes toward cultural change.

Subcultures sometimes exist across national borders.

Whereas attitudes are quite rigid over time, values are more flexible.

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. -Which of the following will NOT help you in determining your team members' cultures and beliefs?

Which of the following refers to the process of ranking people into social layers or classes?

Customs are habits or ways of behaving in specific circumstances that are passed down through generations in a culture.

When we speak of culture, we usually think in terms of ________.

The Hofstede framework can be used to compare the U.S. and Japanese cultures along six dimensions.

Gender refers to socially learned behaviors and attitudes expected of men and women.

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. -Jamie presents GTI managers with the following list of Hofstede dimensions to test their understanding of the framework. Which dimension should the managers identify as the one that does not belong?

Describe two instances in which nation-states can support and promote national culture, giving examples.

Islam is the world's largest religion with over 2 billion followers.

Explain the Kluckholn-Strodtbeck framework and illustrate your answer by profiling a culture on each dimension.

Religion strongly affects the kinds of goods and services acceptable to Muslim consumers.

________ is a system in which a supervisor walks an employee through every step of an assignment or task and monitors the results at each stage.

The United Kingdom and the United States value group consensus, whereas Japan and South Korea value individual freedom.

Hindus and Buddhists both seek "nirvana" a state of eternal happiness.

Values are quite rigid over time, while attitudes are more flexible.

Cultural literacy improves a person's ability to ________ in other countries.