As a German Pharmaceuticals Company Decided to Implement a Diversity

question 78

Multiple Choice

As a German pharmaceuticals company decided to implement a diversity training program, its human resources managers discovered that Americans typically reach decisions very quickly. One German manager described them as "hip shooters." He said, "We [Germans] are more analytical. We're more logical and systematic." This discovery had to do with_________ .

• A) organizational plurality
• B) behavioral diversity
• C) surface-level diversity
• D) deep-level diversity
• E) ego-driven heterogeneity

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Definitions:

Working Memory

A cognitive processing module with limited storage capacity, used for holding information momentarily for processing tasks.

Short-Term Memory

A limited-capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for about 20 to 30 seconds.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which acts as a buffer for stimuli received through the senses, momentarily retaining impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where old memories hinder the capacity to remember new information.