Cross Cultural Management KTU MBA 2016 & 2017

Part A (Write Short answers to all questions; Each question carry 2 marks) 1.        Cultural Stereotype 2.        Elucidate organization of Culture or specific parts integrate to shape culture 3.        List any three consumer cultures and   reason behind its diffusion across the world 4.        List why Cross-Cultural Teams need particular attention for effective performance Part B  (Answer any two of the three questions ; Each question carry 6 Marks) 1.        Explain Edward T Hall’s Model of cultural Dimensions.Distinguish between High-Context and low-context Cultures from the point of view of A.       Lawyers B.       A person’s word C.       Responsibility for Organisational error D.     ...

Part A (Write Short answers to all questions; Each question carry 2 marks) 1.        SRC 2.        Cultural myopia 3.        List MNC’s staffing Policies 4.        BATNA 5.        List barriers to communication in cross-cultural negotiation Part C  (Answer any one of the three questions ; Each question carry 10 Marks) 1.        Elucidate manifestation of organisation culture according to ICEBERG model 2.        Narrate cross-cultural impacts on marketing mix strategies 3.        Elucidate cross-cultural impact on HR Management in MNCs Part C (Compulsory question; The question carries 10 marks) IngvarKamprad's Ikea recently recorded an annual net profit of £3.2 billion and achieved sales of £27.6 bi...

1.     Elucidate the Management   Opportunities and Challenges of HR diversity 2.     Narrate how Hofstede’s model is applied to cross-cultural   team motivation 3.     Elucidate with suitable examples the mindset of global managers 4.     Elucidate management style differences in international HRM 5.     Elucidate Worker Relations   differences in international HRM 6.     Elucidate the functions IHRM 7.     Narrate the approach to staffing in IHRM 8.     Elucidate the determinants of IHRM approaches 9.     Narrate the factors affecting staffing policy in IHRM 10.   Nararte the reasons for assignments in IHRM 11.   Narrate different type of assignments in IHRM 12.   Elucidate factors influencing virtua;l assignments 13.   Narrate the role of expatriate in IHRM 14.   How can firms use man...

1.     List factors affecting IHRM 2.     List the functions of IHRM in the appropriate order 3.     Elucidate how is global management team different from that of normal teams 4.     Narrate how Virtual transnational teams are unique as compared to domestic teams 5.     List the principles for success of cross cultural teams 6.     List the managerial mindset of global manager 7.     List sources of Worker Relations differences in IHRM 8.     List classification of management styles in international HRM with respect to atleast 6 selected regions 9.     List the approaches to staffing 10.   List determinants of IHRM approaches 11.   List factors affecting staffing policy in IHRM 12.   List reasons for assignments in IHRM 13.   List different types of assignments in IHRM 14.   List factors influencing v...

1. How does Marketing Mix Strategies of a firm reflect cultural elements  2.  How does Product Mix Strategies reflect cultural elements in a firm's growth 3.  Cultural Myopia land companies losing reputation , customers and add to budget constraints. Do you agree? Give examples 4. Elucidate the significance of  Howard V. Perlmutter model of MNC management orientation

1.     List reasons to global marketing 2.     Elucidate implications of cultural environment for marketing state one example from business field 3.     . elucidate the size of the global market by quoting any three products and values of Sales and name of respective major three players in that product 4.     Give examples of three global marketers and their respective product with brand name 5.     Name components of marketing mix 6.     Give a business example to show how product mix strategies impacted by cultural environment a.     ….straight   extension b.     ….product extension c.     ….communcation adaptation d.     … product adaptation e.     …communication extenson f.      ….dual adaptation 7.     Elucidate ethnocentrism in cross-cultural marketing ...

1.        What is cultural sensitivity? What steps should MNCs take to improve cultural sensitivity of managers 2.        Narrate how religion is impacting business in the MNC context with an example 3.        Elucidate how ethnicity is impacting MNC’s business with an example 4.        Elucidate how culture impacting organisational behaviour 5.        Narrate the significance of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s values framework 6.        Narrate the significance of Schwartz’s   values framework 7.        Narrate the significance of Edward T. Hall's Model    values framework 8.        Describe Hofstede’s framework for understanding cultural differences. Explain the significance of each of the dimensions 9.   ...

1.         Define the concept of culture and name 4 different consequences for its management in MNCs 2.        Name stages of Internationalisation of a domestic company? List why managers of MNCs be concerned with cultural issues in different countries 3.        Elucidate Self Reference Criterion(SRC) and give an example from corporate life of a firm or business 4.        List tools to address SRC 5.        List Elements of Culture 6.        Elucidate culture organisation 7.        Deistinguish between Culture Trait   and Culture Complex 8.        Discuss the differences between learning a new language and learning anew culture 9.        Elucidate the following with suitable example (each one carry 2 marks) a.        Cultural adaptation b.  ...