Quiz IBM 536

_____ is the process of applying management concepts and techniques in a multinational environment and adapting management practices to different economic, political, and cultural environments.

• Strategic management

• Internationalization

• Globalization

• International management

The _____ is the global organization of countries that oversees rules and regulations for international trade and investment, including agriculture, intellectual property, services, competition, and subsidies.

• WTO (World Trade Organization)

• NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

• WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

• ASEAN

Unlike Western perspectives, Eastern perspectives _____.

• typically hold that people are an intrinsic and inseparable part of the universe

• provide an account of what character traits contribute to pursuing and realizing the good in concrete ways

• are based on a logic similar to an economic calculation of utility or cost-benefit

• emphasize the greatest happiness principle as an individual's moral standard

In the context of human rights, identify a true statement about women's rights and gender equity.

• Japan has equal opportunity initiatives, whether they are guaranteed by law or are represented by growing social groups.

• Many women college graduates in Great Britain are still offered only secretarial or low-level jobs.

• Two-thirds of businesses in France have no female members on their senior leadership teams.

• Germany has seen an increase in the number of women both in the workforce and in management positions.

According to the priorities of cultural values of the United States, Japan, and Arab countries, the most important cultural value in the United States is _____.

• family security

• belonging

• freedom

• cooperation

_____ are basic convictions that people have regarding what is right and wrong, good and bad, and important or unimportant.

• Tenets

• Command

• Norms

• Values

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Japanese culture?

• Nonconformance to hierarchic position

• Balance between a group and a personal orientation

• Group orientation

• Merit-based reward

Paternalism, measured by a manager's involvement in both personal and off-the-job problems of subordinates is very important in _____.

• the United States

• Australia

• Japan

• France

Dutch researcher, Fons Trompenaars, recommends that when people from specific cultures do business in diffuse cultures, they should _____.

• try to get to the point and be efficient

• learn to structure meetings with the judicious use of agendas

• not acknowledge achievements or skills that are irrelevant to the issues being discussed

• not get impatient when people are being indirect or circuitous

An achievement culture is one in which people are accorded status based on their _____.

• age

• gender

• performance

• social connections