cultural across management

29. Typical Chinese family-run companies have all of the following characteristics except

• Decisions based on careful statistical analysis
• A. Decisions based on long-standing exchange relationships
• Top management positions filled by family members
• Flat, informal structures

30. Which of these models provides the strongest legal protection of employee rights and job security?

• German codetermination model
• A. Chinese family model
• B. Japanese keiretsu model.
• C. Traditional investor model

19. Identify the correct order of stages in the

• (B) attention, interpretation, action
• A. attributes, interpretation, attention
• C. application, innovation, attention
• D. action, interpretation, attention

18. People in cultures tend to emphasize extrinsic rewards, view employees as performers, and believe in providing employees with autonomy. Aindividualistic

• Aindividualistic
• . collectivistic
• . egalitarian
• harmony-based

15. The traditional investor model is commonly but not always characterized by what type of decision making?

• Top-down, centralized
• B. Collaborative among all managers, councils, and unions
• C. Consultation with employees all across the hierarchy
• A. Centralized with government involvement and support

14. Which of the following is NOT a feature of traditional Keiretsu?

• B. Short-term employees
• A. Internal financing
• C. Enterprise unions
• D. Consensus-building executives

26. Which of the following is an emic characteristic of Latin American culture?

• Simpatia
• A. Present-oriented
• C. Uncertainty avoidance
• D. High-power distance

27. In Finland, traffic fines vary based on personal income; the more you make, the more you can afford to pay. This is a country that values

• A egalitarianism
• B. collectivism
• C. relationship-orientation
• D. experts

24. Expatriates who are assigned to a parent- company's corporate headquarters for training or special work are often referred to as

• @inpatriates
• B. contractors
• C. frequent flyers
• D. repatriates

23.Identify the reasons entrepreneurs cross borders. why global

• A. To be competitive, many ventures must globalize some aspects of their business as soon as they start operations
• B. Many new ventures are discovering that a new business opportunity can span more than one country
• C. They can use geography and distance to create new products or services.
• All of the above are correct.