Question 1 3 pts Which of the following three countries has the highest score on the Long-Term Orientation (LTO)? Every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the present and the future. Societies prioritize these two existential goals differently. Societies who score low on this dimension, for example, prefer to maintain time-honored traditions and norms while viewing societal change with suspicion. Those with a culture which scores high, on the other hand, take a more pragmatic approach: they encourage thrift and efforts in modern education as a way to prepare for the future. In the business context this dimension is related to as "(short term) normative versus (long term) pragmatic" (PRA). In the academic environment the terminology Monumentalism versus Flexhumility is sometimes also used United States Iran China 2 pts Question 2 And what is its score? Please note that the scale runs from 0-100 with 50 as a mid-level. The rule of thumb is that if a score is under 50 the culture scores relatively LOW on that scale and if any score is over 50 the culture scores HIGH on that scale. Which of the following three countries has the most Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI)? This dimension, Uncertainty Avoidance, has to do with the way that a society deals with the fact that the future can never be known: should we try to control the future or just let it happen? This ambiguity brings anxiety with it, and different cultures have learnt to deal with this anxiety in different ways. The extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these is reflected in the UAI score. United States Russia Jamaica Question 4 2 pts And what is its score? Please note that the scale runs from 0 - 100 with 50 as a mid-level. The rule of thumb is that if a score is under 50 the culture scores relatively LOW on that scale and if any score is over 50 the culture scores HIGH on that scale. D Question 5 3 pts Which of the following three countries is "the most feminine"? The masculinity side of this dimension (high score) represents a preference in society for achievement, heroism, assertiveness and material rewards for success. Society at large is more competitive. Its opposite, femininity (low score), stands for a preference for cooperation, modesty, caring for the weak and quality of life. Society at large is more consensus-oriented. In the business context Masculinity versus Femininity is sometimes also related to as "tough versus gentler cultures. Sweden Denmark Slovakia D Question 6 2 pts And what is its score? The scale runs from 0 - 100 with 50 as a mid-level. The rule of thumb is that if a score is under 50 the culture scores relatively LOW (feminine) and if any score is over 50 the culture scores HIGH (masculine). Which of the following three countries is the most individualistic (IDV)? The high side of this dimension, called individualism, can be defined as a preference for a loosely- knit social framework in which individuals are expected to take care of only themselves and their immediate families. Its opposite, collectivism, represents a preference for a tightly-knit framework in society in which individuals can expect their relatives or members of a particular in-group to look after them in exchange for unquestioning loyalty. A society's position on this dimension is reflected in whether people's self-image is defined in terms of "1" or "we." United States Guatemala Australia Question 8 2 pts And what is this IDV score? The scale runs from 0-100 with 50 as a mid-level. The rule of thumb is that if a score is under 50 the culture scores relatively LOW on that scale and if any score is over 50 the culture scores HIGH on that scale. In the case of IDV -the LOW side (under 50) is considered "Collectivist" and above 50 considered "Individualist". Which of the following three countries has the most Power Distance (PDI)? This dimension expresses the degree to which the less powerful members of a society accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. The fundamental issue here is how a society handles inequalities among people. People in societies exhibiting a large degree of power distance accept a hierarchical order in which everybody has a place and which needs no further justification. In societies with low power distance, people strive to equalise the distribution of power and demand justification for inequalities of power. Guatemala Malaysia Austria D Question 10 2 pts And what is this score? The scale runs from 0-100 with 50 as a midlevel. The rule of thumb is that if a score is under 50 the culture scores relatively LOW on that scale and if any score is over 50 the culture scores HIGH on that scale
