Management and Cultural Diversity Quiz

What is the role of autocratic managers?

• They decentralize power and share it with employees.

• They centralize power and tell employees what to do.

• They avoid the use of power.

• They focus on cultural diversity.

Which type of manager avoids the use of power?

• Autocratic Managers

• Participative Managers

• Free-Rein Managers

• Cultural Managers

What is culture defined as in the document?

• A system of learned, shared, unifying, and interrelated beliefs, values, and assumptions

• A set of rules and regulations

• A group of people with similar interests

• A method of managing resources

What are beliefs according to the document?

• Ideas about the nature of a person, thing, or concept

• The positive and negative ideals of a group

• Ideas taken for granted as a fact

• A way to organize smaller groups

What are values described as in the document?

• Ideas about the nature of a person, thing, or concept

• The positive and negative ideals, customs, and institutions of a group

• Ideas taken for granted as a fact

• A method of decentralizing power

What are assumptions according to the document?

• Ideas about the nature of a person, thing, or concept

• The positive and negative ideals of a group

• Ideas that are taken for granted as a fact

• A way to organize smaller groups

What is social organization?

• A system of learned beliefs

• When a culture organizes itself into smaller groups

• A method of managing resources

• A type of managerial style

What is the expectation for students regarding cultural diversity?

• To centralize power

• To avoid the use of power

• To suggest ways for managers to understand and deal with cultural diversity

• To organize smaller groups

What is the role of participative managers?

• They centralize power and tell employees what to do.

• They decentralize power and share it with employees.

• They avoid the use of power.

• They focus on cultural diversity.

What is one of the objectives of human resource management in a global firm?

• To centralize power

• To describe how the human resources function changes as a firm goes global

• To avoid the use of power

• To organize smaller groups