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The United Kingdom's corporate characteristic is:

• administrative.

• industrial.

• pragmatic.

• commercial.

A widely held belief that has not been found to be accurate is that organizational culture:

• tends to erase the impact of national culture.

• tends to be affected by national culture.

• cannot easily change the cultural values employees bring to the workplace.

• is different in different subsidiaries.

Which of the following is the identity dimension of corporate culture?

• To put the demands of the job before the needs of the individual

• To put the needs of the individual before the needs of the job

• To identify with and uphold the expectations of the employing organizations

• To strive for accuracy and attention to detail

Which of the following cultural characteristics should be kept in mind when conducting business in Russia?

• Building personal relationships with partners is important.

• Giving gifts to those with whom one wants to transact business is regarded as bribery.

• Business laws and contracts are given a lot of importance when compared to the West.

• Compromising or settling things quickly is seen as a sign of strength.

Rules that dictate the dos and don'ts of employee behavior... are characteristics associated with an organization's ______.

• ethics

• ambience

• culture

• structure

______ is a pattern of shared basic assumptions that a group learns as it solves its problems...

• Organizational culture

• Organizational learning

• Organizational change

• Organizational structure

Norms of an organization are reflected by:

• the rituals, common language, and terminology used.

• the way employees and customers are treated.

• the amount of work to be done.

• the way participants feel about the way they are treated by management.

Many in the United States believe that it is more difficult to get along with the ______ than with other Europeans.

• Germans

• Austrians

• Spanish

• French

Recruitment and selection processes in Mexico should ______.

• encourage use of sophisticated selection procedures

• use expatriates sparingly and recruit home country nationals at U.S. colleges

• obtain skilled labor from government subsidized programs

• prepare for a long process; develop trusting relationship with recruits

Labor relations for firms doing business in China should ______.

• treat unions as partners and allow time for negotiations

• tap the large pool of labor in cities and be prepared for stringent laws

• understand changing Chinese labor law and prepare for unionization

• be prepared for high wages and short workweek