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A Different View (Scenario)

Jana has spent the last year traveling to different operations for her company. She visited factories in Mexico and Thailand, a finance operation in Singapore, a pearl company in Japan, and many other venues. She now has collected her thoughts about the various places she visited.


In Mexico and Japan, Jana noticed that it seemed easy to convince people to work together for the good of the group. How would you characterize this trait?

▸ individualist

▸ collectivist

▸ assertive

▸ humane

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A Different View (Scenario)

Jana has spent the last year traveling to different operations for her company. She visited factories in Mexico and Thailand, a finance operation in Singapore, a pearl company in Japan, and many other venues. She now has collected her thoughts about the various places she visited.


In Greece Jana visited a pharmaceutical operation. She found that managers there were charming but not at all shy. If they thought they were right they tended to be aggressive and confrontational. How would you characterize this trait?

▸ low uncertainty avoidance

▸ future oriented

▸ high uncertainty avoidance

▸ assertive

assertive

A Different View (Scenario)

Jana has spent the last year traveling to different operations for her company. She visited factories in Mexico and Thailand, a finance operation in Singapore, a pearl company in Japan, and many other venues. She now has collected her thoughts about the various places she visited.


In Venezuela Jana found that people tended to show great deference toward their superiors. When meeting with one higher-up, she noticed that the local managers seemed to exhibit extremely obsequious behavior. How would you characterize this trait?

▸ low power distance

▸ high uncertainty avoidance

▸ future oriented

▸ high power distance

high power distance

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A Different View (Scenario)

Jana has spent the last year traveling to different operations for her company. She visited factories in Mexico and Thailand, a finance operation in Singapore, a pearl company in Japan, and many other venues. She now has collected her thoughts about the various places she visited.


In Denmark Jana met people who marveled about the ability of Americans to be so "bold" and flexible when it came to making decisions about the future, while the Danish tended to rely on rules when facing uncertainty. How would you characterize this trait that Americans appear to have?

▸ individualistic

▸ low uncertainty avoidance

▸ high uncertainty avoidance

▸ high power distance

low uncertainty avoidance