Questions for review

1. What is culture?

2. What does culture determine?

3. What is meant by cross cultural differences?

4. How can cultural understanding help us in our day-to-day relationships?

5. What can you say about the role, qualities and tasks of a manager while working across national borders?

6. What is meant by the expression “an effective global manager”? What are the criteria?

7. What is intercultural management? Speak about its main focus.

8. Differentiate between:

a) individualistic and collectivist cultures;

b) masculine and feminine cultures;

c) hierarchical and egalitarian cultures:

d) cautious and risk-taking

9. What can you say about hidden cultural differences? What difficulties do they often cause?

10. Speak about the types of cultural differences you know.

11. Differentiate between high- and low-context cultures.

12. What is Edward Hall’s contribution to the problem of cross-cultural communication?

13. How do new employees learn their organisation’s culture?

14. Differentiate between organizational and corporate culture.

LEXICAL MINIMUM

Key terms

Culture high-context culture low-context culture cross-cultural differences cultural awareness mentality

Words and word-combinations

1. perceive, v 34. to vary greatly from

2. transcend, v 35. to be concerned with smth

3. dovetail, v 36. cultural dimensions

4. constrain, v 37. (non)verbal message

5. unlearn, v 38. acknowledgement of mistakes

6. evolve, v 39. to convey the meaning

7. complexity, n 40. loss of credibility

8. cultivate, v 41. culture clash

9. egalitarian, a 42. to give rise to smth

10. hierarchical, a 43. to reach an agreement on smth

11. individualistic, a 44. to work out smth

12. encourage, v 45. tolerance for smth

13. discourage, v 46. to be halfway to smth

14. encode, v 47 cultural background

15. decode, v 48. established culture

16. controversy, n 49. freedom of speech

17. ethnocentrism, n 50. react to the things around

18. self-mocking, 51. the way we think

19. after-hours 52. geographical setting of the place

20. stem from, v 53. multi-cultural staff

21. proponent, n 54. global managers

22. counter-productive, a 55. to socialize with

23. diversity, n 56. to be sensitive to

24. interference, n 57. privacy

25. to imprint oneself 58. identity is rooted in

26. cultural spectrum 59. trustworthy

27. cross-cultural management 60. home country

28. to work in the territory 61 host country

29. breed of smth/smb 62. dominate, v

30. culturally sensitive 63. to lead to misunderstanding

31. a vital source of smth

32. self-centered approach to smth

33. masculine / feminine societies

Examination topic

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