Strayer University BUS 302 Winter 2015 Management Concepts Week 5 Quiz

Strayer University North Charleston campus BUS 302 Winter 2015
Management ConceptsWeek 5
Quiz

Question 1

The term ____ is used by Hofstede to describe the degree to
which people in a country are uncomfortable with unstructured, ambiguous,
unpredictable situations.

Question 2

A
multinational company that acts with ____ has offices, manufacturing plants,
and distribution facilities in different countries which are all run based on
the same rules, guidelines, policies, and procedures.

Question 3

An
expatriate is someone who ____.

Question 4

The
European Union (EU) bans the importation of hormone-fed U.S. beef and
bioengineered corn and soybeans on safety grounds although Americans eat this
food every day. This ban is so consumers in the EU will buy domestic beef and
products made from domestically produced corn and soybeans. This ban is an
example of ____.

Question 5

____ is
a method of investment in which a company builds a new business or buys an
existing business in a foreign country.

Question 6

To
protect its farmers, Japan put limitations on the amount of mushrooms and leeks
that could be imported into Japan from China. This limitation is an example of
a(n) ____.

Question 7

Uganda
is one of only two countries in the world that produce a mineral required in
the manufacturing of cellular phones. Several mining companies recently moved
their operations out of the region due to a bloody civil war resulting from a
change in rulers. This is an example of how ____ can influence global business.

Question 8

When
McDonald’s entered into an agreement with a French entrepreneur who wanted to
own and operate a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Paris, it saw the new
restaurant as an opportunity. Unfortunately, the restaurant in Paris was not
maintained at the cleanliness standards prescribed by McDonald’s but at the
cleanliness standards acceptable to the French. McDonald’s brought legal action
to have the restaurant closed. This example illustrates ____.

Question 9

The
most important factor used by a globalizing company for determining if a
country or a region has an attractive business climate is ____.

Question 10

____ is
the set of shared values and beliefs that affects the perceptions, decisions,
and behavior of people from a particular country.

Question 11

With
divisions that focus on business clients and consumer clients, companies like
Sprint, American Express, and others are examples of ____ departmentalization.

Question 12

Modular
organizations ____.

Question 13

Where
standardization is important, it is appropriate to ____.

Question 14

A(n)
____ function is an activity that contributes directly to creating or selling
the company’s products.

Question 15

Functional
departmentalization ____.

Question 16

Organizational
authority is traditionally characterized by ____.

Question 17

____ is
the degree to which a job gives workers the discretion, freedom, and
independence to decide how and when to accomplish their jobs.

Question 18

____
departmentalization is notorious for confusion and conflict between project
managers in different areas of the organization.

Question 19

An
organization that has increased the number of different tasks that a worker
performs within one particular job has engaged in ____.

Question 20

In the
automobile industry, three car manufacturers and a variety of suppliers and
distributors have formed a network to create economies in production through
outsourcing. It is intended for this ____ to cut as much as $3,000 from the
costs of producing one car.