Exam 15: International Projects

One approach for the project manager to digest, clarify, and understand the factors leading to the selection of a specific project is to use a risk matrix similar to those used to evaluate other types of risks.

Identify and discuss three guidelines/cautions in working with Saudi Arabians on projects.

Construction projects in Southeast Asia having to accommodate the monsoon season when rainfall can be as high as 50 inches per month is an example of the environmental factor termed ________.

Which of the following can help a project manager to digest, clarify, and understand the factors leading to the selection of a specific project?

The Hofstede framework includes a factor called Activity Orientation where cultures were classified as being, doing, or controlling.

Which of the following is not one of the forms that stress-related culture shock takes?

A local project is one performed in its native country for a resident firm.

Identify and discuss three guidelines/cautions in working with the French on projects.

In the Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck Cross-Cultural Framework, the cultural issue that is measured in terms of domination, harmony, and subjugation is relationship to ________.

Saudi Arabians can be difficult to negotiate with because they often ignore facts no matter how convincing they may be and they also tend to be quite secretive about their positions.

A(n) ________ project is one executed in a foreign country for a native firm.

Although they may be slow to formulate a plan, once the ________ decide who and what is best, they tend to stick to their decisions and make good progress.

In the Hofstede Framework, ________ describes the degree to which the culture emphasizes competitive and achievement oriented behavior or displays concerns for relationships.

Infrastructure refers to a country's or community's ability to provide services such as power, technology, communication, or transportation required for a project.

In the Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck Cross-Cultural Framework, the cultural issue that is measured in terms of good, evil or mixed is nature of ________.

Two of the biggest adjustments Americans typically have to make in working abroad is adapting to the general pace of life and the punctuality of people.

Identify and discuss three guidelines/cautions in working with Mexicans on projects.

The need to hire tribal bodyguards in such places as Angola and Uzbekistan is an example of the environmental factor termed ________.

Identify and discuss three guidelines/cautions in working with Americans on projects.

Americans tend to be impersonal and practical when making an argument; however, ________ can be very passionate and emotional when arguing because they enjoy a lively debate.