The CEO of Company a Has to Decide Whether the Company

The CEO of Company A has to decide whether the company should concentrate on its online business or its brick-and-mortar business.The CEO of Company A decides to call a meeting and have advocates for each side make their best arguments.Across town, a rival, Company B, has to make the same decision.Instead of calling a meeting, the CEO of Company B informally talks with employees, trying to build a consensus before an official decision is reached.The process of Company A is ________; the process of Company B is ________.

A) likely to go poorly in China; likely to go well in Japan
B) reliant on jeitinho; reliant on guanxi
C) likely to go poorly in Asia; paternalistic
D) reflective of meritocracy; engaged in by self-protective leaders
E) characteristic of humane-oriented leaders; reflective of nemawashi