How Does Conventional Organizational Behaviour Toward Working with Other Cultures

question 59

Multiple Choice

How does conventional organizational behaviour toward working with other cultures differ from that of sustainable organizational behaviour?

• A)While a conventional approach might assume that your own country offers the best way to manage in a foreign nation or that the host country knows best how to manage its organization,a sustainable approach recognizes cross-cultural opportunities to learn from each other.
• B)While a conventional approach recognizes cross-cultural relationships and opportunities to learn from each other,a sustainable approach believes that the foreign organization knows how to best manage its employees.
• C)While a conventional approach emphasizes opportunities to learn from each other-thereby growing economically-a sustainable approach believes the host nation should learn from outside sources.
• D)While a conventional approach assumes the host country knows best how to manage its organization to pursue economic success,a sustainable approach recognizes the need for outside inputs to increase multicultural diversity.

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Definitions:

Senior Executives

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A leadership style that focuses primarily on the tasks that need to be performed in order to achieve certain goals or standards.

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A leadership style focused on supporting, motivating, and developing team members, emphasizing interpersonal relationships and employee well-being.

Task-oriented Leaders

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