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Cross Cultural Management, 4th Edition by David C. Thomas Mark F. Peterson SAGE
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Chapter 1: Introduction: The Challenging Role of the Global Manager
Multiple Choice
1. involves the representation of the world as a single place, the intersecting of the interests of
business, and society or an increase in the impact of forces that span national boundaries.
A. Culture
B. Environment
C. Globalization
D. Interconnections
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Globalization
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The among countries were dramatically increased with the advent of free trade areas in the
1990s.
A. multinational corporations
B. economic interconnections
C. organizational boundaries
D. economic turmoil
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Growing Economic Interconnectedness
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. In , production, sales and marketing, and distribution might all be located in different countries
to capitalize on certain location-specific advantages.
A. economic interconnections
B. organizational boundaries
C. economic turmoil
D. multinational corporations
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Growing Economic Interconnectedness
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. All of the following are changes that affect the stability of the work environment within organizations
EXCEPT:
,A. downsizing
B. privatization
C. economic interconnections
IntroductionExams serve as a fundamental tool in evaluating a student's understanding of a subject, particularly in fields as diverse as business, law, and mathematics. These disciplines not only
D. team-based management
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: More Complex and Dynamic Work Environment
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. enables formerly government-controlled enterprises to be available for purchase by foreign
firms, thus reducing boundaries.
A. Privatization
B. Team-based management
C. Downsizing
D. Productivity
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: More Complex and Dynamic Work Environment
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Organizations around the globe are increasingly looking toward the formation of teams of workers as
a solution to problems.
A. team-based management
B. productivity
C. privatization
D. downsizing
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: More Complex and Dynamic Work Environment
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Dramatic advances in might be the most significant force toward globalization.
A. productivity
B. international migration
C. privatization
D. information technology
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Increased Use and Sophistication of Information Technology
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. has facilitated the entry of small business into the international arena.
A. Trade liberalization
B. Globalization
C. Technology
D. Telecommunications
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: More and Different Players on the Global Stage
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. One key result of is that global managers face an external environment far more complex,
, more dynamic, more uncertain, and more competitive than ever before.
A. team-based management
B. telecommunications
C. trade liberalization
D. globalization
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: More and Different Players on the Global Stage
Difficulty Level: Medium
IntroductionExams serve as a fundamental tool in evaluating a student's understanding of a subject, particularly in fields as diverse as business, law, and mathematics. These disciplines not only
10. All of the following are elements of the global manager’s environment EXCEPT:
A. cultural
B. economic
C. legal
D. conceptual
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Environment of Global Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. are the structures and processes by which a nation integrates the parts of society into a
functioning unit.
A. Political systems
B. Legal systems
C. Economic systems
D. Interpersonal interactions
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Environment of Global Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Unlike the largely observable aspects of economic, legal, and political aspects, is largely
invisible in the context of international management.
A. boundaries
B. society
C. culture
D. globalization
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Environment of Global Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. set members include colleagues, superiors, and subordinates, as well as staff departments,
internal and external consultants, and sometimes even friends and family members.
A. Economic
B. Role
C. Political
, D. Technical
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Global Managers Carry Out Their Role: Sources of Guidance
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Sophia seeks to learn both the explicit organizational rules and procedures of her organization and
the implicit rules about “how we do things around here.” Sophia seeks to understand the organization’s
.
A. role set
B. society
C. norms
D. law
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: How Global Managers Carry Out Their Role: Sources of Guidance
Difficulty Level: Medium
IntroductionExams serve as a fundamental tool in evaluating a student's understanding of a subject, particularly in fields as diverse as business, law, and
mathematics. These disciplines not only
15. and norms provide sources of ideas, principles, and other ways of thinking that managers
use to guide their understanding of the events, issues, and problems in the workplace.
A. Society
B. Laws
C. Procedures
D. Role set members
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: How Global Managers Carry Out Their Role: Sources of Guidance
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. affects the roles and behavior of managers indirectly, such as in the choice of informational,
interpersonal, or decisional roles as well as on sources of guidance.
A. Economic connectedness
B. Guidance
C. Technology
D. Culture
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Organizational Context, Culture, and Managerial Roles
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Much of contemporary management knowledge was defined in the following World War II.
A. Japan
B. Germany
C. Great Britain
D. United States
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Limitations in Present Management Studies
Cross Cultural Management, 4th Edition by David C. Thomas Mark F. Peterson SAGE
Publishing,
Chapter 1-11
IntroductionExams serve as a fundamental tool in evaluating a student's understanding of a subject, particularly in fields as diverse as business, law, and mathematics. These disciplines not only
Test Bank
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Challenging Role of the Global Manager
Multiple Choice
1. involves the representation of the world as a single place, the intersecting of the interests of
business, and society or an increase in the impact of forces that span national boundaries.
A. Culture
B. Environment
C. Globalization
D. Interconnections
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Globalization
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The among countries were dramatically increased with the advent of free trade areas in the
1990s.
A. multinational corporations
B. economic interconnections
C. organizational boundaries
D. economic turmoil
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Growing Economic Interconnectedness
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. In , production, sales and marketing, and distribution might all be located in different countries
to capitalize on certain location-specific advantages.
A. economic interconnections
B. organizational boundaries
C. economic turmoil
D. multinational corporations
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Growing Economic Interconnectedness
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. All of the following are changes that affect the stability of the work environment within organizations
EXCEPT:
,A. downsizing
B. privatization
C. economic interconnections
IntroductionExams serve as a fundamental tool in evaluating a student's understanding of a subject, particularly in fields as diverse as business, law, and mathematics. These disciplines not only
D. team-based management
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: More Complex and Dynamic Work Environment
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. enables formerly government-controlled enterprises to be available for purchase by foreign
firms, thus reducing boundaries.
A. Privatization
B. Team-based management
C. Downsizing
D. Productivity
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: More Complex and Dynamic Work Environment
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Organizations around the globe are increasingly looking toward the formation of teams of workers as
a solution to problems.
A. team-based management
B. productivity
C. privatization
D. downsizing
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: More Complex and Dynamic Work Environment
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Dramatic advances in might be the most significant force toward globalization.
A. productivity
B. international migration
C. privatization
D. information technology
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Increased Use and Sophistication of Information Technology
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. has facilitated the entry of small business into the international arena.
A. Trade liberalization
B. Globalization
C. Technology
D. Telecommunications
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: More and Different Players on the Global Stage
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. One key result of is that global managers face an external environment far more complex,
, more dynamic, more uncertain, and more competitive than ever before.
A. team-based management
B. telecommunications
C. trade liberalization
D. globalization
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: More and Different Players on the Global Stage
Difficulty Level: Medium
IntroductionExams serve as a fundamental tool in evaluating a student's understanding of a subject, particularly in fields as diverse as business, law, and mathematics. These disciplines not only
10. All of the following are elements of the global manager’s environment EXCEPT:
A. cultural
B. economic
C. legal
D. conceptual
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Environment of Global Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. are the structures and processes by which a nation integrates the parts of society into a
functioning unit.
A. Political systems
B. Legal systems
C. Economic systems
D. Interpersonal interactions
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Environment of Global Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Unlike the largely observable aspects of economic, legal, and political aspects, is largely
invisible in the context of international management.
A. boundaries
B. society
C. culture
D. globalization
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Environment of Global Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. set members include colleagues, superiors, and subordinates, as well as staff departments,
internal and external consultants, and sometimes even friends and family members.
A. Economic
B. Role
C. Political
, D. Technical
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Global Managers Carry Out Their Role: Sources of Guidance
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Sophia seeks to learn both the explicit organizational rules and procedures of her organization and
the implicit rules about “how we do things around here.” Sophia seeks to understand the organization’s
.
A. role set
B. society
C. norms
D. law
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: How Global Managers Carry Out Their Role: Sources of Guidance
Difficulty Level: Medium
IntroductionExams serve as a fundamental tool in evaluating a student's understanding of a subject, particularly in fields as diverse as business, law, and
mathematics. These disciplines not only
15. and norms provide sources of ideas, principles, and other ways of thinking that managers
use to guide their understanding of the events, issues, and problems in the workplace.
A. Society
B. Laws
C. Procedures
D. Role set members
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: How Global Managers Carry Out Their Role: Sources of Guidance
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. affects the roles and behavior of managers indirectly, such as in the choice of informational,
interpersonal, or decisional roles as well as on sources of guidance.
A. Economic connectedness
B. Guidance
C. Technology
D. Culture
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Organizational Context, Culture, and Managerial Roles
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Much of contemporary management knowledge was defined in the following World War II.
A. Japan
B. Germany
C. Great Britain
D. United States
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Limitations in Present Management Studies
