All of the following are resources that might need to be managed except which of the following?
Money
Water
Plans
Time
Jack is headed to Costa Rica to open a new plant. He will manage this new plant for his company. A large part of his job is determining how to motivate his employees. He decides to give individual rewards to employees for their good performance. Based on what you know about different cultures, which of the following is good advice for Jack?
Individual rewards never work in any cultures. You should never use them.
Individual rewards work great in some cultures, but in others, individual rewards will not work. But individual rewards should work nicely in Costa Rica. Go for it, Jack!
Individual rewards work great in some cultures, but in others, individual rewards will not work. But individual rewards are unlikely to work in Costa Rica and may even upset employees. I recommend you base rewards on team performance in Costa Rica, Jack.
Individual rewards work well in all cultures. People like to be rewarded for hard work. It’s a great idea!
This nation is low on power distance and uncertainty avoidance. They also tend to be lower on masculinity. However, they are a rather individualistic nation. What country is this likely referring to, based on Hofstede’s cultural values chart.
Costa Rica
Sweden
United States
Mexico
Sally’s Sweets is a United States based multinational corporation that sells sweet snacks globally. Although tastes can vary around the world, they sell the same type of cupcakes sold in the United States, in all the nations they do business. Based on this information, Sally’s Sweets seems to be a(n):
Glocalization Company
Global Perspective Company
Ethnocentric Company
Polycentric Company
Craig deals with unpredictable situations quite well. When he’s in a culture that is different from his own, he can adapt his behavior accordingly and behaves in ways that will build relationships with those around him. However, Craig is not very well read and does not seem to understand precisely how cultures differ. Therefore, he cannot prepare before he’s in the environment. Based on this description, Craig is lacking which of the following dimensions of a global mindset?
Cognitive
Psychological
Metacognition
Social
Reagan is an American working in another country. Reagan prides herself on punctuality and always makes it to meetings on time. However she has noticed that her coworkers never seem to begin meetings on time. It drives Reagan crazy that no one she works with seems to care about being late! What aspect of the international environment is Reagan having a tough time dealing with?
Psychological
Sociocultural
Economic
Legal-Political
In a Ted Talk, Catherine Courage described that changing the physical environment within an organization, allowing employees to experiment, and telling stories that convey organizational values are all things that can be done to change which of the following?
The Mission
The Internal Environment
The General Environment
The Task Environment
I carefully study how the great plant waterers water their plants. I then apply what I learn to help my own son water his plants more successfully. Based on what the most efficient plant waterers do, I tell my son exactly how much water he should hold in a cup to successfully take it to the plants to water them. I make sure he uses a cup that holds that exact amount of water. I show him precisely how to walk over to the plants to ensure he will not drop any water, so that he can water the plants as quickly as possible, without making a mess. This is an example of which of the following approaches?
Administrative principles
Quantitative
Bureaucratic organizations
Scientific management
In class, we talked about the MBA oath. This oath was designed by students at Harvard University and outlines appropriate behavior of MBA graduates. This MBA Oath falls under which of the following domains?
Ethics
Discretionary Responsibility
Personal Choice
Codified Law
Power distance is the degree to which members of an organization or society expect and agree that power should be shared unequally.
True
False
