罗宾斯管理学第四章练习题.doc

Chapter 4 – Managing in a Global Environment True/False Questions A MANAGER’S DILEMMA 1. According to the company profile in “A Manager’s Dilemma,” Cemex is an example of a company that suffers from parochialism. False (moderate) 2. Geocentric is the orientation that best describes the attitude of Cemex toward international business. True (moderate) 3. Cemex can be described as a company in Stage 1 of doing business globally. False (moderate) 4. The environmental factor that is most important to the adjustment of Cemex expatriate managers is the economic environment. False (moderate) WHAT’S YOUR GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE? 5. Americans tend to suffer from parochialism. True (moderate) 6. A drawback of the geocentric perspective is that it is inflexible. False (moderate) 7. Managers with an ethnocentric attitude would not trust foreign employees with key decisions or technology. True (moderate) 8. Managers with a polycentric attitude would view every foreign operation as difficult and hard to understand. True (moderate) 9. The polycentric attitude is a world-oriented view focusing on using the best approaches and people from around the globe. False (moderate) UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 10. The European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement created regional trading and cooperative agreements. True (easy) 11. The ultimate goal of the European Union (EU) is to have common customs duties and unified industrial and commercial policies as well as a single currency and a regional central bank. True (difficult) 12. The primary motivation for the creation of the European Union (EU) was to allow Europeans to reassert their position against the industrial strength of the U.S. and Japan. True (moderate) 13. The three original partners of NAFTA are the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. True (easy) 14. One of the effects of NAFTA has been greatly increased unemployment in the U.S. False (difficult) 15. Mercosur is a trading group made up of South American c