A Different View John Has Done Well in His Company.In Only Five Years

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A Different View
John has done well in his company.In only five years, he has risen to the position of divisional manager.However, he knows that in order to rise to the level of senior management he needs to spend some time managing abroad in his company's foreign subsidiaries.Although he has travelled to foreign countries for business and holidays, he has never lived abroad and wonders what differences he would find.He is considering applying for a new foreign-based position, but first wants to find out some basic differences between managing in Australia and managing in a foreign country.He researched the topic of international management and found many helpful facts about countries and their people.
-Refer to A Different View (Scenario) .John knew that he did not want to manage in a country where the people have high anxiety, nervousness and stress.He will, therefore, try to avoid countries characterised as having high ________.

• A)uncertainty avoidance
• B)quality of life
• C)quantity of life
• D)power distance
• E)national culture

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