Seminar handout quiz

What does intercultural competence refer to?

• Having knowledge about science and technology

• Having knowledge about multiple cultures

• Having knowledge about sports and entertainment

• Having knowledge about a single culture

How can intercultural interactions go badly?

• By leading to mutual benefit

• By leading to conflict and arguments

• By leading to competitive advantage

• By leading to understanding and agreement

What is the heart of multiple intercultural competences?

• Intercultural technological competence

• Intercultural linguistic competence

• Intercultural communicative competence

• Intercultural artistic competence

What is cultural competence about?

• Recognizing primary political orientations and potential impact of differences

• Understanding the intricacies of art

• Recognizing primary cultural orientations and potential impact of differences

• Understanding the intricacies of technology

What are the two main perspectives on the concept of culture?

• High culture and technological culture

• High culture and anthropological culture

• High culture and artistic culture

• High culture and political culture

What does the Eiffel Tower corporate culture stand for?

• Egalitarian and impersonal

• Personal and hierarchical

• Bureaucratic division of labor

• Existential idea of organizations as secondary to the fulfillment of individuals

What is the characteristic of the Family corporate culture?

• Status is ascribed to parent figures who are close and powerful

• Status is ascribed to superior roles who are distant yet powerful

• Status is achieved by project group members who contribute to targeted goal

• Status is achieved by individuals exemplifying creativity and growth

What is the characteristic of the Guided Missile corporate culture?

• Logical, analytical, vertical and rationally efficient

• Problem-centered, professional, practical, cross-disciplinary

• Process-oriented, creative, ad hoc, inspirational

• Intuitive, holistic, lateral and error-correcting

What is the characteristic of the Incubator corporate culture?

• Criticism is accusation of irrationalism unless there are procedures to arbitrate conflicts

• Constructive task-related only, then admit error and correct fast

• Turn other cheek, save others' faces, do not lose power game

• Must improve creative idea, not negate it

What is the value orientation towards environment?

• Control, harmony, constraint

• Individualistic, collectivist, universalistic, particularistic

• High context, low context, direct, indirect

• Order, flexibility