POM Chapter 06 - Managing in the Global Environment

Which of the following is true of regional trade agreements?

Which of the following is an advantage of the establishment of free-trade
agreements?

The basic building blocks of national culture are

_____ are beliefs about what a society considers to be good, right, desirable, or
beautiful.

Which of the following is true of values?

_____ are unwritten, informal codes of conduct that shape the behavior of people
toward one another and are held important by most members of society

_____ are norms that are considered to be of central importance to the functioning of
society and to social life, the violation of which brings serious retribution

Which of the following is true about mores?

Which of the following is true of folkways?

Which of the following is an example of a more?

Which of the following is an example of a folkway?

According to Hofstede, individualist societies:

According to Hofstede, collectivist societies:

Lobo belongs to a society which values the subordination of the individual to the group
and discourages individual expressions of thought. Inequality in the power and wellbeing
of people is believed to be due to differences in their physical and intellectual
capabilities, and heritage. According to Hofstede's model of national culture, his society
is:

Which of the following, according to Hofstede, is characteristic of societies with high
power distance?

Which of the following, according to Hofstede, is characteristic of societies with low
power distance?

Clara belongs to a society which values assertiveness, performance, competition, and
results. Her society also encourages freedom of expression and personal success, but
makes few provisions for the welfare of the weak. According to Hofstede's model of
national culture, which of the following is true of her society?

Max belongs to a society which is rigid and skeptical about people whose behaviors or
beliefs differ from the norm. His society also values warm, personal relationships over
success and performance. According to Hofstede's model of national culture, which of
the following is true of his society?

Holly belongs to a culture which values the subordination of individuals to the group.
The national culture also values personal stability and living for the present. Which of
the following, according to Hofstede, is true of Holly's culture?

According to Hofstede, which of the following is true of countries with a long-term
orientation?

Which of the following is true of the task environment?

Which of the following is true of the general environment?

In what way is the task environment similar to the general environment?

In what way does the task environment differ from the general environment?

Companies that provide other organizations with input resources are known as _____.

Jay's Furniture Factory gets its raw material from the local timber yard. The timber yard
acts as Jay's _____.

A supplier's bargaining position is especially strong when

Apple Inc. contracts with companies in Taiwan to make inputs such as the chips,
batteries, and LCD displays that power its digital devices at lower costs. This strategy
is an example of _____.

_____ are organizations that help other organizations sell their goods or services
directly to customers.

Amethyst, an Italian house of high fashion, designs and creates luxury items like
jewelry and hair accessories. It sells its merchandise only through Fiesta— a
multinational retail store. Fiesta acts as Amethyst's _____.

Individuals and groups that buy the goods and services an organization produces are
called _____.

Jeremy has a personal library with over 5,000 novels of various genres—most of them
bought from Benison's Bookhouse. He is an example of Benison Bookhouse's _____.

As the only store to design and sell curtains in the suburb of Oakland, the merchandise
sold by Plush Parade is overpriced. Noticing this, Diana's Draperies sets up a
showroom in the same suburb, reasoning that with lower prices, they would be able to
attract more customers. Diana's Draperies is Plush Parade's _____.

An organization that is not presently in a task environment but has the resources to
enter if it so chooses is called a potential:

The more difficult it is to enter the task environment:

Which of the following statements supports the fact that Toy Track operates in a task
environment with a low barrier to entry?

Which of the following statements supports the fact that Candlewick Inc. operates in a
task environment with a high barrier to entry?

_____ result(s) from factors such as manufacturing products in very large quantities,
buying inputs in bulk, or making more effective use of organizational resources than do
competitors by fully utilizing employees’ skills and knowledge.

_____ refers to customers' preference for the products of organizations currently in the
task environment.