San Francisco State University

IBUS 330

Chapter 3 Cross Cultural Business

1)Within most of the world’s major cultures exist smaller cultures known as “subcultures” which are microcosms of the dominant national culture. These subcultures duplicate the ideologies, values, and beliefs of their broader, national cultures.

2. Culture is multifaceted. Of the following concepts, which deals with what a society considers to be the transcendent grace and beauty depicted in art – such as great paintings, sculptures and other masterpieces of art such as those in the world’s great museums?

3. James Smith is a young accountant for a Delaware-based company that has been considering joint venture in Asia and Latin American. He has been chosen to be part of a small team to visit Japan, Malaysia and a few other countries in SE Asia. This will be his first trip outside of the USA. He has been spending time learning Japanese jokes to break the ice meeting with his Japanese colleagues. This should be very helpful to James while in Japan.

4. In a nation with a very low score on the              cultural dimension, there would be a comparatively greater emphasis on the importance of meeting one’s social obligations, on reciprocity of giving gifts, and on the value of individual reputation and stability.

5. Before the team goes to China, Wally hires a reputable firm that provides intensive cross- cultural training to firms seeking to expand into Asian markets. Which of the following terms best describes what Wally seeks for his team.

6. Cultural traits passed from one generation to the next through social learning, traits which are specifically associated with either men or women, and which are indeed expected from men and women are indeed expected from men and women—these traits refer to the concept of

7. When a culture is very tolerant of uncertainty, its members are generally less open to new ideas and change.

8. When one culture’s behavioral traits take root and become common in other cultures,                 is said to have occurred.

9. All cultures and their core values will change, adapt to international events and become more flexible with time.

10. For successful international managers to be culturally adaptable, the first and most important step is to effectively alter their behavior to suit cultural expectations.

11. Examining a country’s business climate is the first step that should be taken in examining a country’s possible potential for international expansion.