INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT MANAGING
ACROSS BORDERS AND CULTURES 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ What are some challenges posed by technology in international
management?
Answer: Cultural bias in AI and its potential to reinforce stereotypes.
◉ What strategies might address cultural biases in AI?
Answer: Implementing diverse teams in AI development and
continuous monitoring for bias.
◉ What is regulatory fragmentation?
Answer: The presence of varying regulations across different
jurisdictions, impacting international business operations.
◉ What roles do global managers typically embody?
Answer: Decision-maker, negotiator, and leader.
◉ What is one aim of the simulation regarding cultural interaction?
,Answer: To experience interaction with individuals from a very
different culture under significant conditions.
◉ What does the simulation aim to sensitize participants to?
Answer: How we interpret interactions with another culture.
◉ What experience does the simulation provide regarding
communication?
Answer: The actual interpretation of various communication signals.
◉ What concept does 'cultural blinders' refer to in the simulation?
Answer: The difficulty in recognizing and adapting to cultural
differences.
◉ What are the two aspects participants consider in the simulation?
Answer: Task-oriented versus relationship-oriented approaches.
◉ What is a widely accepted definition of culture?
Answer: Culture consists of patterned ways of thinking, feeling, and
reacting, acquired and transmitted mainly by symbols, constituting
the distinctive achievement of human groups, including their
embodiment in artifacts.
, ◉ What are the main components of the definition of culture?
Answer: Artifacts, values, traditions, and their attached meanings.
◉ What are the features of culture?
Answer: Culture is systematic, organized, shared, learned, and
involves patterned ways of interacting.
◉ What does it mean that culture is systematic and organized?
Answer: It indicates that culture has an underlying structure that
governs how individuals within a group behave and interact.
◉ What is in-group bias?
Answer: In-group bias is the tendency to favor one's own group over
others, often leading to prejudice against those outside the group.
◉ Define ethnocentrism.
Answer: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture is
superior to others, often resulting in misinterpretation or
devaluation of other cultures.
◉ What are stereotypes?
Answer: Stereotypes are oversimplified and generalized beliefs
about a particular group of people, which can lead to
misconceptions and biases.
ACROSS BORDERS AND CULTURES 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ What are some challenges posed by technology in international
management?
Answer: Cultural bias in AI and its potential to reinforce stereotypes.
◉ What strategies might address cultural biases in AI?
Answer: Implementing diverse teams in AI development and
continuous monitoring for bias.
◉ What is regulatory fragmentation?
Answer: The presence of varying regulations across different
jurisdictions, impacting international business operations.
◉ What roles do global managers typically embody?
Answer: Decision-maker, negotiator, and leader.
◉ What is one aim of the simulation regarding cultural interaction?
,Answer: To experience interaction with individuals from a very
different culture under significant conditions.
◉ What does the simulation aim to sensitize participants to?
Answer: How we interpret interactions with another culture.
◉ What experience does the simulation provide regarding
communication?
Answer: The actual interpretation of various communication signals.
◉ What concept does 'cultural blinders' refer to in the simulation?
Answer: The difficulty in recognizing and adapting to cultural
differences.
◉ What are the two aspects participants consider in the simulation?
Answer: Task-oriented versus relationship-oriented approaches.
◉ What is a widely accepted definition of culture?
Answer: Culture consists of patterned ways of thinking, feeling, and
reacting, acquired and transmitted mainly by symbols, constituting
the distinctive achievement of human groups, including their
embodiment in artifacts.
, ◉ What are the main components of the definition of culture?
Answer: Artifacts, values, traditions, and their attached meanings.
◉ What are the features of culture?
Answer: Culture is systematic, organized, shared, learned, and
involves patterned ways of interacting.
◉ What does it mean that culture is systematic and organized?
Answer: It indicates that culture has an underlying structure that
governs how individuals within a group behave and interact.
◉ What is in-group bias?
Answer: In-group bias is the tendency to favor one's own group over
others, often leading to prejudice against those outside the group.
◉ Define ethnocentrism.
Answer: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture is
superior to others, often resulting in misinterpretation or
devaluation of other cultures.
◉ What are stereotypes?
Answer: Stereotypes are oversimplified and generalized beliefs
about a particular group of people, which can lead to
misconceptions and biases.
