A New Intercultural Manager, Yasmeen, Is Brought into a Kuwait-Based

question 16

Multiple Choice

A new intercultural manager, Yasmeen, is brought into a Kuwait-based engineering company to help it manage the acquisition of a foreign firm. As part of the acquisition process, the company wants to develop a training program for team managers to enhance communication in new intercultural teams. Yasmeen explains that there are six core skills that should be included in the training program, because they are most effective in establishing channels of communication with positive results.
-Yasmeen explains another of the six skills shows that effective communication often involves being patient and persevering despite difficulties. This is referred to as________ .

• A) tolerating ambiguity
• B) relating to people
• C) flexibility
• D) cooperation
• E) persistence

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Definitions:

Unavoidable Allocated Fixed Corporate Costs

These are fixed costs that are essential and non-avoidable, allocated across different departments or projects within a corporation.

Contribution Margin

The amount by which the sale of a product exceeds its variable costs, indicating how much contributes to covering fixed costs and generating profit.

Manufacturing Overhead

All the indirect costs associated with producing goods, such as utilities, maintenance, and factory management salaries, not directly attributable to a specific product.