罗宾斯管理学第四章练习题

Chapter 4 – Managing in a Global Environment

True/False Questions

A MANAGER’S DILEMMA

1. According to the company profile in “A Manager’s Dilemma,” Cemex is an example of a company that

suffers from parochialism.

False (moderate)

2. Geocentric is the orientation that best describes the attitude of Cemex toward international business.

True (moderate)

3. Cemex can be described as a company in Stage 1 of doing business globally.

False (moderate)

4. The environmental factor that is most important to the adjustment of Cemex expatriate managers is the

economic environment.

False (moderate)

WHAT’S YOUR GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE?

5. Americans tend to suffer from parochialism.

True (moderate)

6. A drawback of the geocentric perspective is that it is inflexible.

False (moderate)

7. Managers with an ethnocentric attitude would not trust foreign employees with key decisions or technology.

True (moderate)

8. Managers with a polycentric attitude would view every foreign operation as difficult and hard to understand.

True (moderate)

9. The polycentric attitude is a world-oriented view focusing on using the best approaches and people from

around the globe.

False (moderate)

UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

10. The European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement created regional trading and

cooperative agreements.

True (easy)

11. The ultimate goal of the European Union (EU) is to have common customs duties and unified industrial and

commercial policies as well as a single currency and a regional central bank.

True (difficult)

12. The primary motivation for the creation of the European Union (EU) was to allow Europeans to reassert

their position against the industrial strength of the U.S. and Japan.

True (moderate)

13. The three original partners of NAFTA are the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

True (easy)

14. One of the effects of NAFTA has been greatly increased unemployment in the U.S.

False (difficult)

15. Mercosur is a trading group made up of South American countries.

True (moderate)

16. Multinational corporations became commonplace in the mid 1960s.

True (moderate)

17. Multinational corporations maintain significant operations in two or more countries simultaneously but are

based in one home country.

True (moderate)

18. The transnational corporation characterizes the ethnocentric attitude towards the management of an

organization's global business.

False (difficult)

19. Transnational corporations run their business from their home country.

False (easy)

HOW ORGANIZATIONS GO GLOBAL

20. The first stage when an organization goes international is exporting its products to other countries.

True (moderate)

21. The second stage of an organization going international is the initial overt entry where the organization

hires foreign representation or contracts with foreign manufacturers.

True (difficult)

22. In stage three of an organization going international, managers aggressively pursue international markets

and may license or franchise to another firm the right to use the organization's brand name, technology, or product specifications.

True (difficult)

MANAGING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

23. The legal-political environment is an important factor of managing in a foreign environment.

True (easy)

24. Only when a country's legal-political environment is unstable or revolutionary is it of concern to managers.

False (easy)

25. Research indicates that organizational culture has a stronger impact on employees than national culture.

False (difficult)

26. Mexico is an example of a collectivist nation.

True (difficult)

27. The United States is an example of a country with lower power distance.

True (moderate)

28. An increased level of anxiety among its people characterizes a society with high uncertainty avoidance.

True (easy)