Scenario - Symon Enterprises Symon Enterprises Is an International Construction

Scenario - Symon Enterprises Symon Enterprises is an international construction company with global offices in twenty foreign markets around the world.  Symon currently has over 15,000 employees around the world.  The company has an excellent record as being an employer of choice.  It recently was voted the number three company to work for in the world by Forbes Magazine. Symon Enterprises has become very adept at effectively handling its human resources even though there are vast differences in the various countries it services.  The company attributes its HR success to the expertise of its HR directors.  Symon's practice has always been to hire human resource managers and directors from the country where they will be working.  It has found this seems to give the company a competitive edge over the competition.When Symon Enterprises has work to be performed within a country where workers place a high value on things like competition, assertiveness, and achievement, it can be stated that the company is most likely working within which one of the following Hofstede's cultural dimensions?  

A) Collectivism
B) Power distance
C) Uncertainty avoidance
D) Short-term orientation
E) Masculine dimension

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