Cross-Cultural Management
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Cross-Cultural Management explores the challenges and opportunities involved in managing individuals and teams from diverse cultural backgrounds in a global business environment. The course examines how cultural differences impact communication, leadership styles, negotiation strategies, decision-making, and organizational behavior. Students will develop critical skills for recognizing and navigating cultural complexities, learn frameworks for analyzing cultural dimensions, and apply practical approaches to resolving cross-cultural conflicts. Through case studies, group projects, and interactive discussions, the course prepares students to work effectively in multinational organizations and adapt management practices to suit culturally diverse contexts.
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International Management Culture Strategy and Behavior 8th Edition by Fred Luthans
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Chapter 1: Globalization and International Linkages
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Q1) The subcontracting or contracting out of activities to endogenous organizations that had previously been performed by the firm is called:
A)Homesourcing
B)Insourcing
C)Offshoring
D)Outsourcing
Answer: D
Q2) The term "maquiladora" is used to describe a specific kind of _____ industry.
A)Brazilian
B)Mexican
C)South Korean
D)Chinese
Answer: B
Q3) _____ is the United States' largest trading partner, a position it has held for many years.
A)England
B)Canada
C)Japan
D)Mexico
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Political, Legal, and Technological Environment
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Q1) _____ law comes from the Marxist socialist system and continues to influence regulations in former communist countries, especially those from the former Soviet Union, as well as present-day China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba.
A)Socialist
B)Civil or code
C)Common
D)Islamic
Answer: A
Q2) Collectivism emerged in Italy and France as "national socialism".
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Low-paid workers in India and Asian countries now are being given subcontracted work such as:
A)Insurance jobs
B)Auto industry jobs
C)Labor-intensive hardware development
D)Code-writing jobs
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Q1) According to the latest corruption index of countries around the world specified in the text, the most corrupt country is:
A)Somalia
B)Chile
C)Ukraine
D)Poland
Answer: A
Q2) Identify the incorrect statement regarding the transfer of the labor force overseas.
A)It creates an interesting dynamic in the scope of ethics
B)It seeks to employ local citizens who tend to identify themselves with the corporation and not the outside environment
C)It creates an interesting dynamic in the scope of corporate responsibility
D)It seeks to move individuals offshore who will identify themselves with the corporation and not the outside environment
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Meanings and Dimensions of Culture
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Q1) Austria, the United Kingdom, the United States and Switzerland are all _____ cultures.
A)Diffuse
B)Specific
C)Emotional
D)Neutral
Q2) Results of the GLOBE project indicate that there are leader behaviors, attributes and organizational practices that are universally accepted and effective across cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Societal collectivism refers to the degree to which:
A)Individuals express pride, loyalty and cohesiveness in their organizations or families
B)Individuals in organizations or societies encourage and reward individuals for being fair
C)Organizational and societal institutional practices encourage and reward collective distribution of resources and collective action
D)Individuals in organizations or societies are confrontational
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Chapter 5: Managing Across Cultures
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Q1) If a U.S.manager interacts with a Chinese manager in the same way that he or she interacts with a Canadian manager, the U.S.manager is demonstrating a behavioral attribute referred to as singular-orientation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In regard to the cultural dimension, "What is the person's relationship to other people?" the dominant characteristic for American managers is:
A)Hierarchic
B)Collectivist
C)Communal
D)Individualist
Q3) _____ is the tendency to view the world through one's own eyes and perspectives.
A)Parochialism
B)Symbolism
C)Nationalism
D)Simplification
Q4) Describe the differences between the four strategic dispositions.What is the principle advantage of each disposition?
Q5) What guidelines should MNCs must be aware of while doing business in China?
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Chapter 6: Organizational Cultures and Diversity
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Q1) Which of the following would be associated with the dimension of pragmatic conduct?
A)To put the expertise and standards of the employing organization first
B)To put the demands and expectations of the customers first
C)To comply with clear and definite systems
D)To pursue clear aims and objectives
Q2) Norms are reflected by things such as:
A)Common language, terminology and rituals
B)How employees and customers should be treated
C)The amount of work to be done
D)By the way participants feel about the way they are treated by higher-level management
Q3) _____ culture is characterized by a strong emphasis on the hierarchy and orientation to the person.
A)Family
B)Eiffel Tower
C)Incubator
D)Guided missile
Q4) Mention the four principles around which successful approach to culturally diverse groups at NUMMI was built.
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Chapter 7: Cross-Cultural Communication and Negotiation
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Q1) Communication is the process of:
A)Transferring meanings from sender to receiver
B)Choosing a course of action among alternatives
C)Giving teams the resources they need to develop ideas and effectively implement them
D)Using reports and other written forms to control business operations
Q2) In which of the following countries do people like to be greeted by their title?
A)Germany
B)Japan
C)Mexico
D)Arab countries
Q3) A monochronic time schedule is one in which:
A)Things are done in a linear fashion
B)People tend to do several things at the same time irrespective of the amount of work involved
C)People tend to place higher value on personal involvement than on getting things done on time
D)Things are done in a planar manner
Q4) Explain the wide variety of tactics used in international negotiation.
Q5) Define negotiation and explain the basic steps in the negotiation process.
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Chapter 8: Strategy Formulation and Implementation
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Q1) The products sold by MNCs pursuing this approach often have a large portion of their value added in the downstream activities of the value chain.
A)Political imperative
B)Cost imperative
C)Quality imperative
D)Economic imperative
Q2) When market liberalization is delayed:
A)It gives first movers a significant advantage over later entrants
B)First movers get clear, significant advantages in transitional markets
C)It gives later entrants a significant advantage over first movers
D)Substantial risks to premature entry are removed
Q3) The process of providing goods and services in accord with a plan of action is:
A)Strategy implementation
B)Strategy formulation
C)Strategy control
D)Strategy contingency
Q4) Identify the four basic strategies that MNCs use and the situations in which they are used.
Q5) What is the "BOP" and why is this strategy challenging to implement?
Q6) Is there a growing need for strategic management among MNCs? If so, why?
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Chapter 9: Entry Strategies and Organizational Structures
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Q1) Franchising provides the franchisor with a new stream of income and the franchisee with a time-proven concept and products that can be quickly brought to market.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Firms that pursue a global product division structure typically have products that are in the maturity stage of the product life cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Interdependent relationships are:
A)Designed to tap specialized expertise or other resources in the company's worldwide subsidiaries
B)Subsidiaries that are located anywhere in the world where they can benefit the organization
C)Used to share information and resources throughout the dispersed and specialized subunits
D)Designed to take advantage of low factor costs, while others are responsible for providing information on new technologies or consumer trends
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Chapter 10: Managing Political Risk, Government Relations, and Alliances
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Q1) _____ risks result from government policies and procedures that directly constrain the management and performance of local operations.
A)Transfer
B)Operational
C)Ownership-control
D)Exchange
Q2) Price controls, financing restrictions, export commitments, taxes and local-sourcing requirements are examples of:
A)Ownership-control risks
B)Operational risks
C)Transfer risks
D)Functional risks
Q3) The seizure of businesses by a host country with little, if any, compensation to the owners is referred to as:
A)Nationalization
B)Expropriation
C)Dispossession
D)Removal
Q4) What is expropriation risk?
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Chapter 11: Management Decision and Control
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Q1) According to the work of Horovitz, all of the following are common characteristics of British control except:
A)Operating units had a large amount of marketing autonomy
B)Control was used more for general guidance than for surveillance
C)Financial reports were simple and lightly emphasized
D)Top management tended to focus attention on major problem areas and did not get involved in specific, detailed matters of control
Q2) MNCs based in the United States tend to use fairly _____ decision-making in managing their overseas operations.
A)Decentralized
B)Participative
C)Team-based
D)Centralized
Q3) According to the text, one of the primary areas where TQM is having a big impact is:
A)Human resources management
B)Manufacturing
C)Marketing
D)Finance
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Chapter 12: Motivation Across Cultures
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Q1) Research generally shows that people throughout the world have needs that are similar to those described in Maslow's need hierarchy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In general, although the process for motivation may be the same across cultures, the content may change from one culture to another.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text, the most important motivational variable in Zambia is:
A)Growth opportunity
B)Relations with other
C)Work nature
D)Fairness in organizational practices
Q4) The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction.These are:
A)Inducement, subsistence
B)Advancement, responsibility
C)Hygiene, motivators
D)Recognition, rewards
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Chapter 13: Leadership Across Cultures
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Q1) Paternalistic leadership is common throughout Latin America.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the GLOBE study, humane-oriented leadership is independent and individualistic.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following leaders takes action or intervenes in situations only when standards are not met?
A)Passive management-by-exception leader
B)Laissez-faire leader
C)Contingent reward leader
D)Active management-by-exception leader
Q4) All of the following are relevant to leadership examined in the now classic Haire, Ghiselli and Porter study except:
A)Communication skills
B)Capacity for leadership and initiative
C)Sharing information and objectives
D)Participation
Q5) Discuss Theory X, Theory Y and Theory Z.
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Chapter 14: Human Resource Selection and Development
Across Cultures
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Q1) This type of MNC relies on local managers from a particular geographic region to handle operations in and around that area.
A)Ethnocentric
B)Geocentric
C)Polycentric
D)Regiocentric
Q2) Factors used to choose personnel for international assignments are referred to as international selection criteria.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Historically, MNCs have staffed key positions in their foreign affiliates with host-country nationals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Headquarters nationals is another term used for:
A)Third-country nationals
B)Home-country nationals
C)Inpatriates
D)Host-country nationals
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