Which Behaviour Is Most Typical of a Polychronic Culture

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which behaviour is most typical of a polychronic culture?

• A)You have a meeting at 9:00 a.m. You arrive at 8:45 a.m. ready to start.
• B)You have a report to complete for the end of the day but a client invites you to lunch. You value the relationship, so you spend almost the entire afternoon dining with the client, deciding to work on the report tomorrow.
• C)You are chairing a meeting. You draw up an agenda with five objectives on it and you run the meeting to ensure that all five objectives are met within the hour that you've allotted for the meeting.
• D)When you are working on behalf of a client, you divide your time into 15-minute increments and charge you client for each increment you work.
• E)You have asked an employee to submit her report to you by 3:00 p.m. At 5:00 p.m., the report has still not arrived, so you call her to find out what happened.

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Definitions:

Self-Interests

Actions or decisions driven by personal gain, benefits, or interests, potentially at the expense of collective interests.

Shared Vision

A common and collective understanding and aspiration that unites a group or organization towards achieving a common goal.

Least Preferred Coworker

A concept used to measure a leader's or potential leader's task orientation or relationship orientation based on their evaluation of the person with whom they least enjoyed working.

Task-Orientated

Focused on completing certain tasks or objectives, often with a direct approach that prioritizes work and accomplishments.