Exam 5: Culture, Management Style, and Business Systems

The three typical decision-making patterns are top-level management decisions, decentralized decisions, and committee or group decisions.

Which of the following time systems typify western cultures like most North Americans, Swiss, Germans, and Scandinavians and causes them to concentrate on one thing at a time?

In _____ decision making, title or position generally takes precedence over the individual holding the job.

Betty Roberts became an embarrassment to her company when she joked about the ruling monarchy in England in front of a group of visiting English businesspeople. She should have known that political ridicule by a foreigner is rarely accepted. Ms. Roberts has violated what is known as a cultural _____.

In the committee decision setup, every committee member must be convinced of the merits of the proposition or product in question.

Which of the following is the best and most feasible means of solving the problem of language on the Internet?

Lubrication involves a request for officials to turn their heads, to not do their jobs, or to break the law.

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

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

Which philosophical view of the U.S. management recognizes that people influence the future to a large extent and that they control their own fates?

For most U.S. managers, judgment and intuition are the only basis for making decisions.

The idea of wide sharing in decision making is consistent with the views that one controls one's own destiny and that business advancement is based on merit.

Which of the following ethical principles tries to optimize the "common good" or benefits of all constituencies?

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

A distinguishing characteristic of the type of capitalism common in Chinese culture is the emphasis on guanxi as the coordinating principle among firms.

According to Max Weber, at least part of the standard of living in the United States today can be attributed to the:

Which of the following is true of the findings of Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI)?

Which of the following is true of the effect of differences in culture in business negotiations?

Fredrick Keeble, an American manager, took his Swiss client out for a traditional American dinner. The client did not seem to eat much. After dinner, he asked his client if he had enjoyed the dinner. Which of the following responses would indicate that the client comes from a low-context culture?

The finance minister of a developing country demands a heavy payment for the approval of a multi-million dollar contract with a foreign company. This demand for the lump sum payment is called _____.