Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 41

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
The European Expansion (Scenario)
As a manager at a growing Canadian company, Samantha has been asked to develop a strategy to expand the company's operations into the European market. Although the company president has provided some basic guidelines about acceptable levels of risk and investment, there are still many factors in the legal-political, economic, and cultural environments that Samantha must take into consideration in her proposal.
-Samantha is considering whether her company should open a subsidiary in Germany or Italy. She is wondering which country's culture would be better suited to her company, since research indicates that __________.

• A) organizational culture has a greater effect on employees than national culture
• B) national culture has a greater effect on employees than organizational culture
• C) national culture and organizational culture have roughly the same effect on employees
• D) organizational culture has a greater effect on employees than employment laws
• E) national culture has a greater effect on employees than economic conditions

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Definitions:

Appropriations Bills

Legislation passed by a legislative body to allocate government funds to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs.

Jay Treaty

A 1795 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that aimed to resolve issues remaining after the American Revolutionary War and facilitated ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.

Legislative Business

The range of activities conducted in a legislative body including the introduction, debate, and passing of laws.

Federalists

A political group in the early United States advocating for a strong federal government and the ratification of the Constitution.