MSE 608A – Spring 2009 Mid-Term

Name: ______

1. Multinational corporation (MNC) usually have:

A. Operations in more than one country

B. International sales

C. Nationality mix of managers and owners

D. all of the above

2. ______distance is used when calling across the room or giving a talk to a group.

A. Personal

B. Public

C. Intimate

D. Social

3.Communication through the use of eye contact and gaze is known as ______and is a widely used form nonverbal communication.

A. proxemics

B. haptics

C. oculesics

D. kinesics

4. A(n) ______style is one that focuses on the speaker and relationship of the parties.

A. personal

B. contextual

C. individual

D. indigenous

5. FCPA is

A. Foreign Corporations Participation Act

B. Fine Corp Per Anum

C. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

D. None of the above

6. The personal style is more popular in:

A. low power distance, collective, high-context cultures.

B. low power distance, individualistic, low-context cultures.

C. high power distance, individualistic, low-context cultures.

D. high power distance, collective, high-context cultures.

7. A(n) ______predisposition leads a firm to try to blend its own interests with those of its subsidiaries on a regional basis.

A. geocentric

B. globalcentric

C. ethnocentric

D. regiocentric

8. Rules that dictate the do's and don'ts of employees' behavior relating to areas such as productivity, customer relations, and intergroup cooperation, are characteristics associated with organizational:

A. persona.

B. ambience.

C. culture.

D. structure.

9. Under Eiffel Tower Management we see:

  1. Power oriented, headed by leader regarded as caring parent
  2. Strong emphasis on equality in workplaceand in task
  3. Strong emphasis on hierarchy and orientation to task
  4. None of the above

10. As firms begin exporting to foreign clients and become what Alder calls "international organizations," they must:

A. increase the standardization of products and services.

B. adapt their products but not their approach to those of the local market.

C. adapt their approach and products to those of the local market.

D. adapt their approach but not their products to those of the local market.

11. ______is the process of transferring meaning from sender to receiver.

A. Communication

B. Organizing

C. Planning

D. Controlling

12. Under the ______, all acts of other governments are considered to be valid by U.S. courts, even if such acts are inappropriate in the United States.

A. act of state doctrine

B. act of international civility

C. act of judicial sovereignty

D. act of international understanding

13. In the US, when writing a resume you should include:

A. Age and marital status.

B. Date of birth

C. Contact information

D. None of the above

14. Japanese business people treat a business card as:

A. representation of the individual

B. Just another piece of paper that has no meaning

C. An important piece of information that reveals the deep insight of your culture.

D. Something to clean under your nails with

15. In ______cultures, messages are implicit and indirect.

A. low-context

B. moderate-context

C. high-context

D. variable-context

16. The world looks at Globalization as:

A. The perfect solution to today’s economic issues

B. The attempt to take all over the world by greedy Americans

C. As an opportunity but also as a risk

D. All of the above

17. Some of the Criticisms of Globalization are:

  1. Off-shoring of business service jobs to lower-wage countries;
  2. Growing trade deficits;
  3. Slow wage growth;
  4. Environmental and social impacts.
  5. All of the above
  6. None of the above

18 .Command Economy

A. Compared to Monopoly where the government has explicit control over the price and supply.

B. Most commonly found in the US and Western Europe

C. Would like to have Tal Ovadia managing the throughput of the industrial sector

D. None of the above

19. Under FCPA

  1. It is illegal to bribe foreign government officials
  2. It is illegal to bribe, but it is ok to mask it as “Entertainment Expenses”
  3. In some cases it is ok to bribe under the term “Consulting fees”
  4. All of the above.

20. Subsidies and Tariffs are 2 methods that governments use to:

  1. Support local markets and local producers over foreign imports
  2. Are not used anymore.
  3. Are good revenue generating tools under totalitarian governments in Western Europe.
  4. All of the above.

21. Values are:

A.Learned from culture in which individual is reared

B.Differences in cultural values may result in varying management practices

C.Basic convictions that people have aboutRight and wrong, Good and bad, Important and unimportant

D.All of the above

E.None of the above

22. Ethnocentric predisposition

A.The belief that Ethnic people are self centered.

B.The management method that eliminate all ethnic acknowledgment

C.A nationalistic philosophy of management whereby the values and interests of the parent company guide strategic decisions.

D.A & B only

23. Diversity is

  1. Confusing and negatively impacts the business.
  2. Does not exist in effective organizations
  3. Enhance creativity
  4. Lead to better decisions
  5. C & D Only
  6. A & B Only
  7. None of the above

24. An example of a low power distance, individualistic, low-context culture is:

A. United States.

B. Japan.

C. Ghana.

D. India.

Short answer Questions:

  1. How has globalization affected different world regions? What are some of the benefits and costs of globalization for different sectors of society (companies, workers, communities)?
  2. Many MNCs would like to do business overseas in the same way that they do business domestically. What are some of the main issues relating to this approach?