Reference no: EM132266133
1. According to Aramex senior executives, what is the most important factor for the company’s global success?
Learning and respecting local cultures
Imposing Arab practices across all subsidiaries
Increasing profit margins
Adhering to global HR policies
Hiring management consultants
2. You want the salespeople on your staff to perform at their best, thus it is your job to develop and maintain an enthusiastic and motivated sales team. You know that incentives and bonuses are common ways to keep a team motivated, but you want each team member to feel like his work is valuable, he can achieve his goal, and he can attain a desired reward. You decide to research an accepted motivational principle that meets your objectives.
What accepted motivational principle will you explore?
a. Commission compensation
b. Expectancy theory
c. Span of control
d. Evaluation summary
3. A leader who intentionally creates new opportunities to recognize and reward employees is focusing on which aspect of the organization’s culture?
Underlying assumptions
Expressed values and beliefs
Cultural artifacts
Mission and purpose
4. Some ethical issues involve personal conduct, while others relate to corporate culture. Select the situation(s) involving ethical issues that relate primarily to corporate culture.
a. I am taking a long-needed weekend off, and I know that a salesperson on my staff will be willing to bring me a company vehicle suitable for the terrain at my mountain home.
b. My sales force needs to learn to field whatever ethical issues arise on the job, and not come to me with every issue.
c. I need to close this deal now, and deal with the fallout when or if it happens.
d. My customer does not need the product, but I am under scrutiny to meet my sales quota for the quarter.
5. A square node in a decision tree is called a(n) ____ node.
a. chance
b. decision
c. event
d. random