Worksheetsinternational marketing unit 8
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
A foreign ____________________ is a special area in a country where foreigners reside.
Expatriate union
Enclave
subsidiary House
country club
Receiving a larger compensation package to offset the higher costs of living/moving is one of the advantages of being a/an
Expert
Expatriate
Repatriate
Manager
Culture ____________________ is the trauma experienced by people who move to a foreign culture.
Phobia
Shock
Expatriate
Enclave
The ability of workers to pursue jobs that make the best use of their skills is known as
Labor union
Labor mobility
Productivity
Success skills
Which of the below is TRUE about participative organizational culture?
Managers work with employees
Employees are involved in setting goals
Employees are given more freedom
All of the above are true
Multinational companies often use ____________________, or individuals from the home country to staff management positions.
Internal interns
international experts
Expatriates
Consultants
The MOST important skill that can help an individual succeed in international business is probably
Strong academic qualifications
A thorough knowledge of the host country’s language
The ability to adapt
Previous overseas experience
_______________________ managers make decisions with little or no input from employees.
Autocratic
Bureaucratic
Participative
Unprofessional
The purpose of a foreign enclave is to
Provide special areas for foreigners to reside
Allow the expatriates to face cultural shocks
Allow the expatriates to have a social life
All of the above
The level of threat people feel from Uncertainty is referred as _________________________
cultivation
Uncertainty avoidance
Masculinity
the nurture scale
Having a strong set of rules and regulations for the way a business operates is a philosophy of a/an
Bureaucratic culture
International business culture
Autocratic culture
Participative culture
Employees in this country are likely to view work as the most important activity in their lives.
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
A shared basic assumption about how a business should operate internally and interact with customers externally is known as:
Organizational culture
Management culture
Corporate style
Management style
Which of the below are advantages of an international career?
Exciting
Interesting
Lucrative
All of the above
Which of the below is a must have skill of a Global leader?
Ability to work with individuals from multiple cultural backgrounds
International communication skills
Ability to take over a business with a preexisting organizational culture
All of the above
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a bureaucratic culture?
A strong set of rules and regulations
Highly structured roles for employees
open flows of communication
All of the above are characteristics of bureaucratic culture
An expatriate is a
Person who has experienced trauma while traveling back and forth due to international job assignment.
Person who has no willingness to adapt to a foreign culture he/she is assigned to work in.
person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than his/her upbringing or legal residence
All of the above
In countries like Mexico & India, where the management style is more autocratic the power /distance between management and employees is __________
High
low
moderate
extreme
Having more open flows of communication and fewer rules and regulations is a philosophy of a/an
Bureaucratic culture
International business culture
Autocratic culture
paticipative culture
The value a culture places on success versus caring for others and quality of life is referred to as ____________
Cultivation
Uncertainty avoidance
masculinity
the nurture scale
The process of returning to one’s home country after living and working abroad for several years is called ____________________.
Repitration
Separation
Cultural shock
Cultural trauma
