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WGU D270 EXAM 1 ACCURATE AND FREQUENTLY
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The chapter case on Saudi Arabia demonstrated what main idea about International
Business?
- ANSWER: Doing business in foreign countries often means having to adapt
your business model and operations to accommodate the culture and customs of
the host country, even if that culture seems completely opposite the one you're
used to
What were some cultural differences that firms in Saudi Arabia needed to adapt to?
- ANSWER: Gender Roles - E.g. Saks 5th Ave had to provide gender segregated
floors in its stores
Religious Values - McDonald's in SA closes 5 times per day for prayers
Relationship/Family oriented - SA companies are more likely to hire and trust
family members before outsiders. SA business people want to get to know you
first.
Less Punctual - meeting times and deadlines are fluid
What is the "wasta" system?
- ANSWER: Found in Saudi Arabia and other countries. The idea that "who you
know" is much more important for success than "what you know"
What are core values?
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- ANSWER: Values so strong they are non-negotiable
What are peripheral values?
- ANSWER: Values in a society that are less dominant than core values and more
pliable
What is culture?
- ANSWER: The shared values, beliefs, and attitudes of a people group
What are subcultures and why are they important for us to remember when
thinking about culture?
- ANSWER: Subcultures are smaller groups of people within a broader culture
that share certain interests, beliefs, traditions etc.
Subcultures demonstrate to us that not everyone in a culture is exactly the same or
will
conform to all of the assumptions we have about the national culture. For example:
New
Yorkers and Londoners may share more similarities than New Yorkers and people
from the Louisiana bayou
Increasing numbers of people these days are cultural or even cultural
- ANSWER: Bi cultural or multi cultural
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When things go well, cultural diversity in teams can lead to
- ANSWER: diverse thought, better solutions, and a deeper understanding of
complex problems
When contact between divergent cultures causes problems, this is known as
- ANSWER: cultural collision
Business people who come from a relationship focused culture would consider a
businessman from a deal focused culture to be and , meanwhile, the deal
focused businessman would view the relationship focused business man as a
- ANSWER: Rude & blunt; Time waster
When you can't explain something, should you always just chalk it up to culture?
- ANSWER: No, other factors, such as economic or political forces, are also
always at play
When trying to understand a culture, focusing on national differences in terms of
averages may cause you to
- ANSWER: overlook variations within countries
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What is cultural tightness
- ANSWER: when most people act close to the average
What is cultural looseness
- ANSWER: when most people are varied and don't all act in the average way
What is change by choice?
- ANSWER: When social and economic situations present people with new
alternatives that cause people to voluntarily change basic customs
E.g. transition from farming to working in a factory
What is change by imposition?
- ANSWER: Imposing certain elements from an alien culture that over time
becomes part of the subject culture
Change by imposition is also known as
- ANSWER: cultural imperialism
What is cultural diffusion? Give an example
- ANSWER: Cultural diffusion = changes brought by contact between cultures
E.g. Popularity of tortillas in US is due to contact with Mexico
WGU D270 EXAM 1 ACCURATE AND FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|| LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE WITH
EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| SURE PASS
The chapter case on Saudi Arabia demonstrated what main idea about International
Business?
- ANSWER: Doing business in foreign countries often means having to adapt
your business model and operations to accommodate the culture and customs of
the host country, even if that culture seems completely opposite the one you're
used to
What were some cultural differences that firms in Saudi Arabia needed to adapt to?
- ANSWER: Gender Roles - E.g. Saks 5th Ave had to provide gender segregated
floors in its stores
Religious Values - McDonald's in SA closes 5 times per day for prayers
Relationship/Family oriented - SA companies are more likely to hire and trust
family members before outsiders. SA business people want to get to know you
first.
Less Punctual - meeting times and deadlines are fluid
What is the "wasta" system?
- ANSWER: Found in Saudi Arabia and other countries. The idea that "who you
know" is much more important for success than "what you know"
What are core values?
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- ANSWER: Values so strong they are non-negotiable
What are peripheral values?
- ANSWER: Values in a society that are less dominant than core values and more
pliable
What is culture?
- ANSWER: The shared values, beliefs, and attitudes of a people group
What are subcultures and why are they important for us to remember when
thinking about culture?
- ANSWER: Subcultures are smaller groups of people within a broader culture
that share certain interests, beliefs, traditions etc.
Subcultures demonstrate to us that not everyone in a culture is exactly the same or
will
conform to all of the assumptions we have about the national culture. For example:
New
Yorkers and Londoners may share more similarities than New Yorkers and people
from the Louisiana bayou
Increasing numbers of people these days are cultural or even cultural
- ANSWER: Bi cultural or multi cultural
,3|Page
When things go well, cultural diversity in teams can lead to
- ANSWER: diverse thought, better solutions, and a deeper understanding of
complex problems
When contact between divergent cultures causes problems, this is known as
- ANSWER: cultural collision
Business people who come from a relationship focused culture would consider a
businessman from a deal focused culture to be and , meanwhile, the deal
focused businessman would view the relationship focused business man as a
- ANSWER: Rude & blunt; Time waster
When you can't explain something, should you always just chalk it up to culture?
- ANSWER: No, other factors, such as economic or political forces, are also
always at play
When trying to understand a culture, focusing on national differences in terms of
averages may cause you to
- ANSWER: overlook variations within countries
, 4|Page
What is cultural tightness
- ANSWER: when most people act close to the average
What is cultural looseness
- ANSWER: when most people are varied and don't all act in the average way
What is change by choice?
- ANSWER: When social and economic situations present people with new
alternatives that cause people to voluntarily change basic customs
E.g. transition from farming to working in a factory
What is change by imposition?
- ANSWER: Imposing certain elements from an alien culture that over time
becomes part of the subject culture
Change by imposition is also known as
- ANSWER: cultural imperialism
What is cultural diffusion? Give an example
- ANSWER: Cultural diffusion = changes brought by contact between cultures
E.g. Popularity of tortillas in US is due to contact with Mexico
