San Agustin Institute of Technology

Valencia City
Introduction to Management
4th Quiz
Managing in a Global Environment

Test I: Modified Multiple choice. Choose your correct answer in the box below and answer it in the given
blank space.

1._______. Viewing the world solely through one’s own eyes and perspectives.
2________. It is the parochialistic belief that the best work approaches and practices are those of the home country
(the country in which the company’s headquarters are located).
3_______. It is the view that employees in the host country (the foreign country in which the organization is doing
business) know the best work approaches and practices for running their business. Managers with this attitude view
every foreign operation as different and hard to understand. Thus, they’re likely to let employees there figure out
how best to do things.
4_______. a world-oriented view that focuses on using the best approaches and people from around the globe.
Managers with this type of attitude have a global view and look for the best approaches and people regardless of
origin.
5._______ It is a trading alliance of 10 Southeast Asian nations.
6._______. It is a global organization of 153 countries that deals with the rules of trade among nations.
7._______ It is a group of five closely associated institutions, all owned by its member countries, that provides vital
financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.
8_______, Cultural awareness and sensitivity skills.
9_______. Attributes that allow a leader to be effective in cross-cultural environment.
10.______. It is including the values and attitudes share by individuals from a specific country that shape their
behavior and beliefs about what is important.

Test II. True or False

1. ______ Strategic Alliances the partnerships between and organization and a foreign company in
which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products or building new
production facilities.
2. ______ Foreign subsidiary is a specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to
form a separate, independent organization for some business purpose.
3. ______ Joint Venture Directly investing in a foreign country by setting up a separate and
independent production facility or office.
4. ______ The Legal Environment is concerned the stability of legal and political system and the
differences in the laws of various nations.
5. ______. Parochialism is falling into the trap of ignoring others values and customs and rigidly
applying an attitude of “ours is better than theirs” to foreign culture.

Test III: Essay

1. Assume for a moment that you’re a manager going to work for a branch of a global organization in a
foreign country. You know that your environment will differ from the one at home, but how? What should
you look for?

2. You’ve been put in charge of designing a program to prepare your company’s managers to go on an
overseas assignment. What should (and would) this program include? Be specific. Be thorough. Be
creative.