Mgt 350 Chapter 3

Front 1

multicultural workforces

Back 1

members from nontraditional labor sources and ethnic backgrounds.

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Globalization

Back 2

growing worldwide interdependence of resource suppliers, product markets, and business competition.

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outsourcing

Back 3

paying other people to do your work instead of doing it within the workforce.

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offshoring

Back 4

outsourcing to people in other countries

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job migration

Back 5

moving jobs from one place or country to another.

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Global manager

Back 6

knows how to conduct business in multiple countries, is culturally adaptable, and is often multilingual. - a new breed of manager

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culture

Back 7

the learned, shared way of doing things in a particular society. - how they eat dress, talk, etc.

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low-context cultures

Back 8

the messages they are giving is conveyed by the words someone uses and not particularly the context in which it is spoken. Ex= us, canada, aussie

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high context cultures

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words are only part of the message. the rest has to be inferred or interpreted from the context. ex=asion and middle easterns

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polychronic culture

Back 10

not much rush to get things done, the idea that if the time is passed its not a problem because it will get done later. tend to do moe than one thing at a time

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monochronic culture

Back 11

more time oriented. things have to be done when they are done and they do one thing at a time

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power distance

Back 12

the willingness of a culture to accept status and power differences among its members.

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uncertainty avoidance

Back 13

tendency to be uncomfortable wit huncertainty and risk in life.

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individualism collectivism

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cultural tendency to emphasize either individual or group interests.

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masculinity-feminity

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cultural tendency to value either stereotypical male or female traits.

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long/short term orientation

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cultural tendency to emphasize values associated with the future or now.

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parochialism

Back 17

assuming your way is the only way

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ethnocentrism

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assuming your way is the best, but there are other ways.

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multinational corporation

Back 19

a business with extensive international operations in more than one country.

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Domestic multiculturalism

Back 20

cultural diversity within a national population. ex=LA

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expatriate

Back 21

works and lives in a foreign country for a long time.

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sweatshop

Back 22

making people work under bad labor conditions

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cultural relativism

Back 23

says that ethical behavior is determined by its cultural context

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ethical absolutism

Back 24

assumes that one moral standard applies to all cultures.

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global organizational learning

Back 25

the ability to gather rom the world at large the knowledge required for long term organizational adaption.