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WGU D080 Exam with verified detailed solutions
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An employee feels empowered to make decisions to solve customer problems independent
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of seeking manager approval and uses flexibility to meet customer needs.
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Which decision-making structure is being used by this employee?
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Centralized
Decentralized
Matrix
Functional
Decentralized
Correct! Decentralized decision-making structure is when lower-level employees, like the
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one mentioned, make decisions. This type of decision-making may be inconsistent.
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Members of a work team are from many different countries. They share their thoughts on
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developing a strategy to market a product in several different countries.
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What is the term for the international integration of the team members' exchange of
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worldviews and ideas to develop the strategy? || || || || || ||
Globalization
Job availability
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Wealth inequality ||
Outsourcing
Globalization
The ability to collectively develop a better product strategy will occur by having a cross-
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cultural exchange of ideas to market the product globally. Globalization is when
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international integration arises from the interchange of worldviews, products, ideas, and
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other aspects of culture.
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Which type of globalization refers to the international movement of goods, capital, and
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services?
Anti
Cultural
Economic
Social
Economic
The movement of goods and services internationally through trade and trade agreements is
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economic globalization. As the world becomes smaller, increased movement of goods across
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borders occurs along with trade agreements.
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The CEO of an international company reminds the executive vice presidents that while the
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company may do good while performing corporate social responsibilities, the business has
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one ultimate goal since it is engaged in commercial activities with corporate shareholders.
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Which ultimate goal is the CEO emphasizing to the executive vice presidents?
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Exporting
Cultural exchange ||
Stakeholder satisfaction ||
Profitability
Profitability
Ultimately, a company is engaged in commerce to achieve a profit. Business profit is gauged
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in financial and economic terms. However, some level of sustained financial and economic
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profits is needed for a business to achieve other outcomes that are measured as social or
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environmental performance. ||
,2
A CEO seeks to better use the economies of scale and scope of production to increase the
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international company's profits. || ||
Which type of globalization driver is the CEO seeking to use?
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Competition
Market
Government
Cost
Cost
Companies seek to put production in low labor-cost countries to lower labor costs and
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increase the contribution margin. Economies of scale and scope and the exploitation of
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differences in costs for product development, manufacturing, and sourcing in different parts
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of the world will assume greater importance as determinants of global strategy.
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A CEO is discussing an expansion of production of a company's highly perishable dairy line
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in a country that can offer low labor costs and good internet connections. The country has
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no highways, and roads are poorly maintained.
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Which challenge to international business expansion do the road conditions present?
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Ethical
Infrastructure
Legal
Relational
Infrastructure
Since the product is perishable, having a good road system is critical to bringing a product
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to market before it goes bad. Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational
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structures needed for a society to operate and for an economy to function. These include the
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roads and highways.
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, 2
Which argument is used by critics who wish to discourage movement towards
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globalization?
It increases the wealth of the rich rather than the poor.
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It increases consumer prices across the world.
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It decreases the pace of new product development.
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It decreases awareness of the international community.
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It increases the wealth of the rich rather than the poor.
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Critics make the argument that globalization only serves to assist the rich in becoming
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richer at the expense of the poor.
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Which factor is an element of a CAGE analysis when assessing barriers to cross-border
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
activity?
Census
Economics
Armament
Gross domestic product
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Economics
When looking at economics in a CAGE analysis, the economic distance or socioeconomic
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differences between countries is evaluated, which includes country size, income, and access
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to capital.
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Which factor of CAGE addresses differences in country size that affect barriers to
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globalization?
WGU D080 Exam with verified detailed solutions
|| || || || || ||
An employee feels empowered to make decisions to solve customer problems independent
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
of seeking manager approval and uses flexibility to meet customer needs.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Which decision-making structure is being used by this employee?
|| || || || || || || ||
Centralized
Decentralized
Matrix
Functional
Decentralized
Correct! Decentralized decision-making structure is when lower-level employees, like the
|| || || || || || || || || ||
one mentioned, make decisions. This type of decision-making may be inconsistent.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Members of a work team are from many different countries. They share their thoughts on
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
developing a strategy to market a product in several different countries.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
What is the term for the international integration of the team members' exchange of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
worldviews and ideas to develop the strategy? || || || || || ||
Globalization
Job availability
||
Wealth inequality ||
Outsourcing
Globalization
The ability to collectively develop a better product strategy will occur by having a cross-
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
cultural exchange of ideas to market the product globally. Globalization is when
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
international integration arises from the interchange of worldviews, products, ideas, and
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
other aspects of culture.
|| || ||
,2
Which type of globalization refers to the international movement of goods, capital, and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
services?
Anti
Cultural
Economic
Social
Economic
The movement of goods and services internationally through trade and trade agreements is
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
economic globalization. As the world becomes smaller, increased movement of goods across
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
borders occurs along with trade agreements.
|| || || || || ||
The CEO of an international company reminds the executive vice presidents that while the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
company may do good while performing corporate social responsibilities, the business has
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
one ultimate goal since it is engaged in commercial activities with corporate shareholders.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Which ultimate goal is the CEO emphasizing to the executive vice presidents?
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Exporting
Cultural exchange ||
Stakeholder satisfaction ||
Profitability
Profitability
Ultimately, a company is engaged in commerce to achieve a profit. Business profit is gauged
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
in financial and economic terms. However, some level of sustained financial and economic
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
profits is needed for a business to achieve other outcomes that are measured as social or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
environmental performance. ||
,2
A CEO seeks to better use the economies of scale and scope of production to increase the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
international company's profits. || ||
Which type of globalization driver is the CEO seeking to use?
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Competition
Market
Government
Cost
Cost
Companies seek to put production in low labor-cost countries to lower labor costs and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
increase the contribution margin. Economies of scale and scope and the exploitation of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
differences in costs for product development, manufacturing, and sourcing in different parts
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
of the world will assume greater importance as determinants of global strategy.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
A CEO is discussing an expansion of production of a company's highly perishable dairy line
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
in a country that can offer low labor costs and good internet connections. The country has
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
no highways, and roads are poorly maintained.
|| || || || || ||
Which challenge to international business expansion do the road conditions present?
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Ethical
Infrastructure
Legal
Relational
Infrastructure
Since the product is perishable, having a good road system is critical to bringing a product
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to market before it goes bad. Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
structures needed for a society to operate and for an economy to function. These include the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
roads and highways.
|| || ||
, 2
Which argument is used by critics who wish to discourage movement towards
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
globalization?
It increases the wealth of the rich rather than the poor.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
It increases consumer prices across the world.
|| || || || || ||
It decreases the pace of new product development.
|| || || || || || ||
It decreases awareness of the international community.
|| || || || || ||
It increases the wealth of the rich rather than the poor.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Critics make the argument that globalization only serves to assist the rich in becoming
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
richer at the expense of the poor.
|| || || || || ||
Which factor is an element of a CAGE analysis when assessing barriers to cross-border
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
activity?
Census
Economics
Armament
Gross domestic product
|| ||
Economics
When looking at economics in a CAGE analysis, the economic distance or socioeconomic
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
differences between countries is evaluated, which includes country size, income, and access
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
to capital.
||
Which factor of CAGE addresses differences in country size that affect barriers to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
globalization?
