1. Porter is known for the developing one of the most widely used _____________ __________ _________.
2. With globalization, executives deal with more organizations, governments, and people. True or False? ______
3. Below are three aspects of ambiguity that contribute to the complexity of globalization. Which ones are they?
a. Lack of information clarity, equivocality, and cause-effect relationships
b. Equivocality, cause-effect relationships, dissemination of information
c. Cause-effect relationships, equivocality, transparency of information
d. All alternatives are aspects of ambiguity contributing to the complexity of globalization
e. Only a and b are correct.
4. International assignments are generally considered essential for career development. True or False? _____
5. CIVETS encompasses a group of emerging markets characterized by which countries:
a. Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa
b. Canada, India, Vietnam, Egypt, Tanzania, and South Africa
c. Colombia, India, Venezuela, Ecuador, Turkey, and South Africa
d. Chile, Iran, Venezuela, Egypt, Thailand, and North Africa
e. None of the above. Civets are small, lithe-bodied, mostly nocturnal mammals native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests.
6. Finding appropriate candidates for international management assignments is a challenge. True or False? ________
7. Nearly anyone experiences disorientation when entering another culture. This phenomenon is called _______ ________.
8. There are generally four modes of responding to a new environment:
a. Going native, being a participator, being a tourist, and being an outcast
b. Assimilation, integration, separation, and marginalization
c. Explorer, porter, reporter, and easement.
d. Options a and b
e. Options b and c
9. International managers should be able to build global organizations that balance global integration against local responsiveness to effectively serve global customers. True or False? _________
10. Global organizational change has been defined as:
a. Strangely aligned alterations in patterns of employee behavior within organizations operating across national borders.
b. Strategically aligned alterations in patterns of employee behavior within organizations operating across national borders.
c. As a set of competitive environment changes, as it seems to do ever faster all the time.
d. None of these options
11. Ideally companies would like to be able to ____________ environmental shifts and make changes through a process of continuous learning and follow the path of renewal.