Global Leadership Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Global Leadership explores the essential skills, mindsets, and strategies required to lead effectively in diverse and complex international environments. The course examines concepts such as cross-cultural communication, ethical decision-making, global team management, and the influence of globalization on leadership practices. Students will analyze real-world case studies, assess emerging leadership challenges, and develop competencies to inspire and manage teams in multicultural settings. Through interactive discussions and practical assignments, learners will enhance their ability to navigate the dynamic landscape of global organizations and lead with confidence and integrity across borders.
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International Management Managing Text and Cases 8th Edition by Helen Deresky
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Chapter 1: Assessing the Environment: Political, Economic, Legal, Technological
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Q1) An event that affects all foreign firms doing business in a country or region is called a micropolitical risk event.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which type of country is most likely to use its investment laws to acquire appropriate technology?
A) post-industrial country
B) newly industrializing country
C) less-developed country
D) highly developed country
Answer: C
Q3) Political risk insurance and local debt financing are forms of dependency.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Common law is based on a comprehensive set of laws organized into a code.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Managing Interdependence, Social Responsibility, and Ethics
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Q1) Ethnocentric culture is an integration of the business environments in which firms currently operate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Creating Shared Value (CSV)leverages the unique resources and expertise of the company to create social value by creating economic value.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) McDonald's,a fast food chain headquartered in the United States,applies the morality it practices in the United States to all foreign countries in which it operates.McDonald's is adhering to ________.
A) moral universalism
B) ethical relativism
C) ethnocentrism
D) geocentrism
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Understanding the Role of Culture
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Q1) According to Hofstede,the tendency of people to look after themselves and their immediate family and to place less emphasis on the needs of the society is known as
A) power distance
B) uncertainty avoidance
C) individualism
D) masculinity
Answer: C
Q2) Differentiate between the characteristics of a universalist culture and a particularist culture?
Answer: A universalist culture applies rules and systems objectively without consideration for individual circumstances.In contrast,a particularist culture gives more weight to relationships and is more subjective.
Q3) Achievement and personal capabilities are valued in collectivistic societies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Communicating Across Cultures
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Q1) If you assume that every member of a society or subculture has the same characteristics or traits,you are guilty of ________.
A) discrimination
B) stereotyping
C) persecution
D) kinesic behavior
Q2) When a member of one culture imposes his or her cultural practices on a member of another culture,intercultural communication takes place.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a brief essay,discuss some of the cultural variables that create noise in the communication process between Americans and Arabs.
Q4) In low-contact cultures,people prefer to stand close,touch a great deal,and experience a "close" sensory involvement.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is object language? Provide an example of how object language might affect business communication.
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Chapter 5: Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Decision Making
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Q1) In the negotiation process,participation in social events,tours,ceremonies,and informal conversation is a characteristic of the ________ stage.
A) preparation
B) information exchange
C) relationship building
D) concessions and agreement
Q2) Which of the following cultures views formal contracts as insulting and wasteful,and prefers to make agreements based on mutual understanding and trust?
A) Swedes
B) Japanese
C) Russians
D) Americans
Q3) During which stage of the negotiations process does hard bargaining begin?
A) persuasion
B) relationship building
C) information gathering
D) agreement
Q4) What are the main differences between Japanese and American negotiators?
Q5) How does nonverbal communication affect the negotiation process?
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Chapter 6: Formulating Strategy
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Q1) Production,one of the five global corporate objectives,deals with development of new products with global patents.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is a way in which formal institutions affect international competition?
A) decreasing trade restrictions
B) enforcing organizational laws
C) enforcing antidumping laws
D) enforcing strict exit barriers
Q3) A company's choice to operate in a business or businesses and the ways in which it differentiates itself from its competitors is called its ________.
A) strategy
B) procedure
C) mission
D) process
Q4) What is a SWOT analysis? How is it used in strategic planning?
Q5) Describe the strategies of globalization and regionalization.When can each strategy be used most effectively?
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Chapter 7: Global Alliances and Strategy Implementation
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Q1) Which of the following factors most significantly affects all other variables necessary for the successful implementation of a global alliance?
A) organizational policies
B) organizational structure
C) employee leadership
D) product performance
Q2) The initial challenge in implementing strategies in emerging markets is likely to be how to ________.
A) compete with other emerging markets
B) allocate responsibilities between the partners
C) set up new policies and regulations
D) navigate poor infrastructures
Q3) In spite of the potential problems with local partners,many firms rush the process of partner selection because ________.
A) they want to reduce the amount spent on establishing subsidiaries abroad
B) they want to take advantage of the local partner's technological innovations
C) they mostly aim at increasing the number of equity shares within a short period of time
D) they are anxious to get into an attractive market
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Chapter 8: Organization Structure and Control Systems
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Q1) At persistent signs of ineffective work,a company should ________.
A) switch from a customer orientation to a product orientation
B) implement price skimming
C) analyze its organizational design, systems, and work flow for the possible causes of those problems
D) acquire smaller born globals to regain lost market share
Q2) A specific strategy that treats the world as one market by using a standardized approach to products and markets is called ________.
A) globalization
B) localization
C) differentiation
D) integration
Q3) Which of the following refers to a self-contained business within a company with its own functional departments and accounting systems?
A) buying center
B) supply chain
C) value chain
D) strategic business unit
Q4) What are direct and indirect coordinating mechanisms?
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Chapter 9: Staffing,Training,and Compensation for Global Operations
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Q1) Training for host-country nationals during the export stage of globalization will most likely focus on ________.
A) parent-country products
B) global conduct policies
C) product and service systems
D) production and service procedures
Q2) More recently,a staffing option known as ________ has been utilized to provide a linking pin between the company's headquarters and local host subsidiaries.
A) expatriates
B) inpatriates
C) transpatriates
D) migrants
Q3) What are the major causes of expatriate failure?
Q4) Which of the following terms is increasingly replacing the term "expatriate" due to the global staffing approach?
A) repatriate
B) global manager
C) transpatriate
D) line manager
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Chapter 10: Developing a Global Management Cadre
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Q1) Jeff Richards works for an American MNC.For more than 10 years,Jeff was posted in the company's subsidiary in Ghana.Upon returning to his home country a few months ago,Jeff reported that his international experience had substantially enhanced his skills of making decisions with less information and more uncertainty about the outcome.In this instance,Jeff alludes to which of the following acquired skills?
A) tolerance for ambiguity
B) technical skills
C) managerial skills
D) multiple perspectives
Q2) According to Berthoin,which of the following types of knowledge gained abroad helps in understanding the differences in customer preferences?
A) knowledge about why
B) knowledge about when
C) knowledge about what
D) knowledge about who
Q3) IHR managers are not responsible for developing effective global management teams.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Motivating and Leading
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Q1) A study of average work hours in various countries conducted by Steers found that ________ worked longer hours and took fewer vacation days.
A) Koreans
B) Japanese
C) British
D) Indonesians
Q2) Modern leadership theory recognizes that ________.
A) no single leadership style works well in all situations
B) the charismatic style of leadership works well in all situations
C) the democratic style of leadership works well in all situations
D) the democratic, or participative, leadership style is less likely to have positive results with U.S. employees.
Q3) Which of the following is typical of the Mexican business culture?
A) flat organizational structure
B) self-leadership
C) resistance to change
D) bottom-up decision making
Q4) In the Mexican culture,family and relationships are highly valued.How does this cultural norm affect work and business in Mexico?
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