Man 4605 Cross Cultural Management Test 3 Review

Front 1

Indirect Communication Style

Back 1

high-context cultures; timing and facial expressions play a major role

Front 2

Direct Communication Style

Back 2

people meet only to accomplish objectives; direct and focused

Front 3

Affective Communication Style

Back 3

characteristic of collective cultures; requires listener to observe how message is presented.

Front 4

Instrumental Communication Style

Back 4

goal-oriented communication where sender lets the person know exactly what they want; more common in individualistic, low-context culture

Front 5

Elaborate Communication Style

Back 5

found in high context, moderate uncertainty-avoidance cultures;

Front 6

Succinct Communication Style

Back 6

found in high-context, high uncertainty avoidance cultures; there are many pauses and understatements, and very few words are used to convey meaning.

Front 7

Communication

Back 7

The process of transferring meanings from sender to receiver

Front 8

High-Context

Back 8

Arab countries, Japan; implicit and highly coded messages.

Front 9

Exacting Communication Style

Back 9

found in low context, low uncertainty avoidance cultures; (U.S.) Uses exactly the right amount of words to convey message.

Front 10

Contextual

Back 10

your rank matters! focus is on speaker and relationship ship of parties, found in collective, high-context, high power distance cultures;

Front 11

Personal Communication Style

Back 11

focuses on speaker and reduction of boundaries between parties (class doesn't matter); found in individualistic, low-context, low power distance cultures;

Front 12

Downward Communication

Back 12

Info from manager to subordinate.
Primary purpose is to convey orders.
Managers use channel for instructions and feedback.
Channel facilitates flow of info. to people with operational duties who need it.