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Tom is the CEO of an international company. His secretary Gina is late again! She never comes in on time.....
What's the problem?
Gina might come from a monochronous culture
Gina is just lazy
They have different time concepts due to different cultures
Gina might come from a polychronous culture
Peter is a famous professor, however his students do not approach him.
His office door is always closed.
His office door is always open.
He never invites students to see him.
He mingles with the students in a bar.
Chris is a new employee and has a lot of questions. He walks right into his boss' office and is surprised that his boss is rather rude to him. What's the issue?
Chris is from a culture which has no problem with disruptions
Chris forgot to knock on the door.
The boss is from a culture which needs little space.
The boss is from a culture which values private space.
Mary works for an MNC in Asia. Currently, she is having a few problems with her employees. They seem not to understand what they should do. One day, out of frustration, she shouts at one of the employees in front of the staff. The employee quits the next day. What's the problem?
Mary is from a high context culture
Employee comes from a low context culture
Employee is from a collectivist culture
Employee lost his face
People from a low context culture....
communicate in a direct way
give hints by using body image
expect clear communication from others
can easily read between the lines of high context cultures
Toni is working on a project in India and his team members often just smile and then don't come up with solutions to the tasks. The problem could be...
that his team members use low context communication
that they expect him to give clear orders
that he didn't understand their body language
that he did not talk to the right person in the group
Henrik has an important position in a MNC. He just became father and wants to reduce his working hours. His boss John really depends on Henrik's expertise and offers him a huge bonus, extra paid leave, but tells him he can't reduce working hours. Henrik quit his job. Reasons?
Henrik is from a country with a high MAS
John is from a country with a high MAS
Henrik thinks work-life balance is more important than money
John didn't offer enough
Valentina, single, works for an international company. She is offered a position in South America for three years but is unsure if she should take the chance.
Valentina's culture has a high UAI
Valentina is from a feministic culture
Valentina needs a lot of privacy
Valentina is in love
Which country has a low MAS?
Germany
USA
Russia
Iceland
Ben is a little frustrated. His new employee works ages to complete a survey on different topics. When the survey is finished it is meticulously put together, containing a lot of details Ben didn't even think about.
The employee is from a culture with slow flow of information
Ben is from a monochronous culture
The employee has a high UAI
Ben is from a culture with a low UAI
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