If Companies Focus Too Much on Local Adaptation, They Run

question 99

Multiple Choice

If companies focus too much on local adaptation, they run the risk of:

• A) using management procedures poorly suited to particular countries' markets, cultures, and employees.
• B) losing the cost effectiveness and productivity that result from using standardized rules and procedures throughout the world.
• C) losing control over the quality of the product or service sold by the foreign licensee.
• D) failing to benefit from an active global strategy.

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Definitions:

Biological Drives

Basic, instinctual processes that motivate organisms to fulfill their needs, such as hunger, thirst, and the need for sleep.

Defense Mechanisms

Methods applied without conscious awareness to safeguard against the unease generated by thoughts or feelings that are not acceptable.

Reaction Formation

is a defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously replaces unacceptable feelings or impulses with their opposites, often seen in behaviors that contradict true feelings.

Convince Others

The process of persuading someone to agree with or believe in a particular point of view or idea.