If she should decide to take the job, she will be most successful in a foreign assignment
if she has:
Scenario – Sharon Cannon
Sharon Cannon was an MBA student in Detroit, Michigan, with a managerial position
at the Ford Motor Company plant. She was invited to join a company that had entered
into a joint venture with a German firm to manage a Volkswagen plant. Sharon would
be under contract for one year, with an option to renew for a total of three years. Her
salary would be 350% more than she was currently earning, and she would be given
two all-expenses paid vacations each year. The money and the benefits sounded very
nice, but Sharon wasn’t sure what the best choice would be.
a. culture shock.
b. cultural intelligence.
c. linguistic pluralism.
d. ethnocentrism.
e. geocentrism.
Differentiation, cost leadership, and focus are three of Porter’s competitive strategies.
a. True
b. False
Acquisition and cultivation of personal relationships that cross departmental,
hierarchical, and even organizational boundaries refers to personal networking.
a. True
b. False
In _____, every situation is viewed as unique.
a. a universalist view
b. a contingency view
c. a case view
d. a scientific management view
e. none of these
High-Low Productions recently appointed 75 employees and external stakeholders to a
temporary group that would discuss problems and opportunities, and would gather
perspectives on changes that need to take place within the company. High-Low
Productions is utilizing which organizational change tool?
a. Organizational development
b. Skunkwork
c. Telecommuting
d. Focus group
e. Large-group intervention
The desire to form close personal relationships, avoid conflict, and establish warm
friendships, describes:
a. a need for affiliation.
b. a need for power.
c. a need for achievement.
d. a need for authority.
e. all of these.
Which of the following is NOT one of the moral rights that could be considered during
decision-making?
a. The right to free consent.
b. The right to invade privacy.
c. The right to free speech.
d. The right of freedom of conscience.
e. The right to life and safety.
Small-batch production is distinguished by standardized production runs.
a. True
b. False
Good leadership is needed to help the organization meet current commitments, while
good management is needed to move the organization in the future.
a. True
b. False
Non-verbal communication has the biggest impact when using _____.
a. video conference
b. telephone
c. formal letter
d. face to face communication
e. newspaper article