Exam 5: Culture, Management Style, and Business Systems

Compared to low-context cultures, high-context cultures place great importance on the words used to express thoughts.

In the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and Norway one thing at a time receives attention with respect to time. This would be called:

Describe the different types of business customs.

High-context cultures score high on power distance and low on individualism.

Which of the following would most likely be characterized as being an imperative business custom?

In the article titled "The Silent Language of Overseas Business," Edward T. Hall describes the symbolic meanings of all of the following EXCEPT:

Is it appropriate to send women to conduct business with foreign customers in cultures where women are typically not in managerial positions?

Compare information-oriented culture and relationship-oriented culture using examples.

Utilitarian ethics is the ethical principle that focuses on the optimization of the common good. Utilitarian ethics: Does the action optimize the "common good" or benefits of all constituencies? And who are the pertinent constituencies? Rights of the parties: Does the action respect the rights of the individuals involved? Justice or fairness: Does the action respect the canons of justice or fairness to all parties involved?

Subornation payments accompany requests for a person to do a job more rapidly or more efficiently.

In a high context implicit communication environment who says something, how it is said, and when it is said is very important. Which of the following countries would we find to be "high context implicit" with respect to communication practices?

Which of the following refers to the orientation in which consumers and businesses alike will not buy enough without prodding?

Briefly describe the guidelines for adaptation.

In a low-context explicit communication culture one would expect to find that verbal exactness in communication dominates other communication variables. Which of the following countries has been described as being low context explicit with respect to communication practices?

The basic elements of an international business negotiation include all of the following EXCEPT:

Estimates are that 78 percent of today's Web site content is written in English, but an English e-mail message cannot be understood by _____ of all Internet users.

For international marketers operating in authoritative and delegated societies, the chief problem is:

Wide sharing of decision making is consistent with the ideas of "master of destiny" and merit system of recognition popular in U.S. organizational philosophy.

Which of the following, according to data provided in Chapters 4 and 5, is more likely to exhibit higher levels of bribery?

Imperatives are generally universal across cultures.