Exam 5: Culture, Management Style, and Business Systems

Distinguish between the two time systems in the world, as defined by Edward T. Hall.

The recognition of U.S. corporations as entities that have rules and continuity of existence and are separate, vital social institutions can result in:

As businesses grow and professional management develops, there is a shift toward centralized management decision making.

The strength of a firm's backing is the key to success for both women and men in international business.

What is the fundamental notion of Western management practices? Is it universally acceptable?

Kan is a customer relations manager with a leading multinational firm. He has managed various operations and deals with numerous domestic and international clients everyday. Despite his hectic schedule, Kan never cuts a meeting short with anyone and frequently postpones subsequent meetings in order to devote ample time to each of his clients. Which of the following countries is he most probably from?

In the less individualistic cultures, labor and management are generally hostile.

Simon Peters, a senior manager at Celise Export Logistics, goes for a meeting in France to negotiate a deal with the company's French partners. He dresses casually in a t-shirt and jeans. His French counterparts call off the meeting and accuse him of taking a casual attitude toward negotiations. In the context of this scenario, dressing formally during business meetings is probably a cultural _____ for the French.

Western cultures like most North Americans, Swiss, Germans, and Scandinavians tend to concentrate on one thing at a time and are typified by _____ time.

Compare an information-oriented culture like America with a relationship-oriented culture like Japan.

The treatment local women receive in their own cultures is a clear indicator of how a foreign businesswoman will be treated.

There is a very strong belief in the United States that business decisions must be supported and based on accurate and relevant information. Which of the following best describes this approach?

Which of the following forms of business decision making is predominant in most Asian countries?

According to Lester Thurow, in the British-American "individualistic" kind of capitalism relationships among government, management, and labor in business systems are _____.

How important is adaptation in international marketing? What are the basic criteria to deal with foreign firms?

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

Business customs in which an outsider must not participate are called _____.

Which of the following views is consistent with normative U.S. cultural concepts?

_____ is more dominant in high-context cultures, where the completion of a human transaction is emphasized more than holding to schedules.

We are less likely to evaluate a person's behavior in terms of what is familiar to us because we use our self-reference criterion (SRC).