Questions for chapter review

1. List the subjects of communication in international business?
2. What are the communication channels in international business?
3. What is the difference between verbal and non-verbal communication? Give examples.
4. What is the significance of cultural dimension in context of communication in international business.
5. Can the context of a message be more important than the content of the message? Give examples
6. Explain theories of motivation?
7. What is the essence of Maslow’s theory of needs?
8. How does Maslow’s theory of needs relate to the motivation of employees from different cultures in international organizations.
9. What does Clayton Alderfer’s theory of motivation say?
10. How is Clayton Alderfer’s theory of motivation applied in a multicultural environment?
11. What does McGregor’s X and Y theory of motivation say?
12. How does McGregor X and Y motivation theory is applied in a multicultural environment?
13. What does Vicor Vroom’s theory of motivation say?
14. How is Vicor Vroom’s theory of motivation applied in a multicultural environment?
15. What does David McClelland’s theory of motivation say?
16. How is David McClelland’s theory of motivation applied in a multicultural environment?
17. What does Frederic Herzberg’s theory of motivation say?
18. How is Frederic Herzberg’s theory of motivation applied in a multicultural environment?
19. What reasons shape the attitude of a person to work?
20. How did Protestantism determine the attitude to work of some cultural clusters? Which clusters? Why?
21. How the cultural dimensions of mastery and harmony determines attitudes towards work.
22. What is the influence of the climate on the attitude to work.
23. What leadership styles do you know? Give examples.
24. Which leadership styles are acceptable in different cultural clusters? Why? Give examples.
25. What is the dependence of leadership styles and dominant functions on cultural dimensions?
26. How do the collectivistic and individualistic cultural dimensions influence labor relations?
27. What are the differences in remuneration in different cultural clusters?
28. How are the principles of gender equality reflected in labor relations? What is an imbalance still there?
29. Are trade unions protecting workers equally effective in different cultural clusters? What are the differences?
30. What challenges do multicultural teams face?
31. What are the specific challenges of virtual international team meetings?
32. What are the peculiarities of meeting and presenting a business proposal in different cultures? What cultural dimensions have the greatest influence on this? Give examples
33. What are the customary practices for negotiating in different cultures?

What price differences can be expected from the original offer in different cultures?

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