Question 1

Taryn's organization places high value on employees who are confrontational and aggressive in their relationships with others. The GLOBE Project would rate this organization as high in which cultural dimension?
A)uncertainty avoidance
B)institutional collectivism
C)assertiveness
D)performance orientation
E)humane orientation

Accepted Answer

The GLOBE Project defines assertiveness as the degree to which individuals in organizations or societies are assertive, confrontational, and aggressive in social relationships.

Question 2

Which organization is demonstrating the GLOBE Project's cultural dimension of uncertainty avoidance?
A)Company A encourages all employees to recycle by providing receptacles in all common areas and giving a prize to the department that recycles the most material each month.
B)Company G requires all employees to attend a seminar on sexual harassment.
C)Company J provides a generous matching 401-K program to encourage its employees to save for retirement.
D)Company O gives bonuses for sales beyond set quotas.
E)Company Y has a rules and regulations book that all employees are required to read and follow.

Accepted Answer

Company Y's emphasis on rules and regulations reflects a high level of uncertainty avoidance, as it seeks to minimize ambiguity and ensure predictable behavior through strict guidelines.

Question 3

Describe uncertainty avoidance as developed by Hofstede. Would you prefer to live in a society that is low on uncertainty avoidance, or would you want to live in a society that is high on uncertainty avoidance? Explain why.

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Question 4

A manager in the purchasing department noticed that the company's supplier of widgets doubled its prices because it acquired two other widget suppliers. How has this supplier's bargaining position changed, and how might this threaten managers and their organizations? Conversely, what threat can an organization pose to its suppliers?

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Question 5

If you were the manager of a manufacturing plant, how would forces in the task environment impact you?

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Question 6

Define each of the four principal forms of capital that flow between countries and give an example of each. Explain why companies are so anxious to undertake a risk in an uncertain global environment.

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Question 7

Briefly discuss the factors that led to the decline of distance and cultural barriers and the impact this had upon companies operating in the global environment.

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Question 8

You are considering expanding your chain of stores to another country, but you are concerned about the barriers to entry. Describe in brief the three main sources from which barriers to entry result. How would you manage these barriers?

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Question 9

Describe the role that regional trade agreements like NAFTA play in a company's decision of where to locate manufacturing and warehouse facilities. Explain how free trade areas affect business.

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Question 10

Define tariffs and discuss the consequences of both increasing and removing import tariffs.

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Question 11

Which cultural dimension in the GLOBE Project is being demonstrated by an organization that encourages and rewards individuals for being fair, altruistic, generous, caring, and kind to others?
A)in-group collectivism
B)future orientation
C)gender egalitarianism
D)performance orientation
E)humane orientation

Accepted Answer

The cultural dimension being demonstrated is "humane orientation," which focuses on the encouragement and rewarding of fairness, altruism, generosity, caring, and kindness.

Question 12

Which organization is demonstrating the GLOBE Project's cultural dimension of institutional collectivism?
A)Company A encourages all employees to recycle by providing receptacles in all common areas and giving a prize to the department that recycles the most material each month.
B)Company G requires all employees to attend a seminar on sexual harassment.
C)Company J provides a generous matching 401-K program to encourage its employees to save for retirement.
D)Company O gives bonuses for sales beyond set quotas.
E)Company X encourages its employees to compete for promotions and salary increases.

Accepted Answer

Company A's initiative to encourage recycling and reward departments collectively aligns with institutional collectivism, which emphasizes group goals and collective action.

Question 13

How do the five major forces of the general environment directly or indirectly impact a business? Use your favorite business to explain your answer.

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Question 14

The GLOBE Project's cultural dimension of ________ focuses on the degree to which individuals express pride, loyalty, and cohesiveness in their organizations or families.
A)in-group collectivism
B)institutional collectivism
C)assertiveness
D)performance orientation
E)humane orientation

Accepted Answer

In-group collectivism refers to the extent to which individuals express pride, loyalty, and cohesiveness in their organizations or families, as per the GLOBE Project's cultural dimensions.

Question 15

How would you describe the global environment? Briefly explain its impact on managers and their organizations.

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Question 16

How has the lowering of barriers to trade and investment affected managers' ability to expand their businesses?

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Question 17

Use Hofstede's five cultural dimensions, to discuss how differences in these dimensions affect a manager's ability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds.

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Question 18

Differentiate between values and norms and explain how they both impact national culture.

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Question 19

Define globalization and explain why the global market is becoming more open.

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Question 20

Assume you live in a society that is high on individualism and has a long-term orientation. Describe what attributes you would likely exhibit.

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Quiz 6: Managing in the Global Environment

Taryn's organization places high value on employees who are confrontational and aggressive in their relationships with others. The GLOBE Project would rate this organization as high in which cultural dimension?

Which organization is demonstrating the GLOBE Project's cultural dimension of uncertainty avoidance?