A multinational corporation offers you a job at an overseas office. To best prepare you for this assignment, the company arranges __________.a.)cross-cultural training at the foreign siteb.)behavioral modificationc.)a one-week overseas vacationd.)cultural indoctrination

Which type of approach to staffing in multinational corporations is based on the host country’s cultural norms?Question 3Answera.Ethnocentricb.Polycentricc.Regiocentricd.Geocentric

Choosing a Strategy for International Business This activity is important because, as a manager, you must be able to determine a strategy for your business in different markets. Especially when working in international business, it is important to decide whether to use a multinational strategy or a global strategy. When a company uses a multinational strategy, is customizes products, promotion, and distribution according to cultural, technological, and regional differences. When a company uses a global strategy, it standardizes products for the whole world, as if it were a single entity. The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of strategies for international business by identifying examples of multinational and global strategies. Read the description of the international businesses below and then match it to the international strategy type that the company best represents.

8.An international company is one in which the firm focuses primarily on transferring and adapting the parent company’s products and ideas to foreign markets.

Which of the following is NOT identified as a category of cross-cultural training method?*1 pointA) Didactic culture generalB) Experiential culture specificC) Intellectual culture simulationD) Experiential culture general

Your boss wants to train you to eventually manage a multicultural department of the company. What will he likely ask you to do to prepare?Eat lunch at a variety of foreign restaurants each month.Get to know and bond with your global colleagues on a cross-cultural team.Manage the company’s communications networks and protocols.Provide reports on foreign sales for the CEO and board of directors.