Managers in Multinational Organizations, Who Attempt to Implement OD Programs

question 124

Multiple Choice

Managers in multinational organizations, who attempt to implement OD programs in cultures other than their own, are more likely to be successful if they:

• A) remain open to new approaches and ideas.
• B) understand the beliefs and behavior patterns of different cultures.
• C) have the ability to listen to and understand different points of view.
• D) have an awareness of ethnocentrism and work to eliminate it in their personal attitudes.
• E) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Constant Returns to Scale

A situation in which the proportionate increase in inputs leads to an equal proportionate increase in outputs, meaning costs and outputs scale equally as production expands.

Diseconomies of Scale

A situation where a business's cost per unit increases as it produces more items, due to inefficiencies that arise with scaling up production.

Plant Size

Refers to the physical capacity or output level of a manufacturing or production facility.

Output Levels

The quantity of goods or services produced by a company, sector, or economy in a given period of time.