Culture
The two countries with vastly different norms featured in the movie "The Good Lie".
What are America and Sudan?
The most common method of greeting in Canada.
What is a handshake?
This type of society/culture displays more rigid gender stereotypes.
What is high masculine?
Explain the concept of cultural intelligence?
Cultural intelligence refers to the capability to adapt, relate, and work effectively across various culture.
This multinational company's McArabia Chicken is an example of successful cultural marketing.
What is McDonalds?
A set of ethical standards to which a corporation aims to adhere. It's rules can go beyond what is required by law.
What is a Corporate Code of Conduct?
It is also known as cultural homogeneity.
What is monoculture?
Between Canada and the U.S., who is more individualistic?
What is the U.S.
What language do people speak in Brazil?
Portugese
What products do Canadians shop for online
Canadians shop online for electronics, clothing, books, music, software, travel, and tickets for entertainment such as concerts or sporting events.
The three things (determinants) that make up culture.
What are history, geography, and religion?
The aspect of cultural negotiations that indicates a typical amount of distance people place between themselves when speaking.
What is space orientation?
It is the degree to which a culture or society is uncomfortable with risk and change vs. having tolerance for them
What is low uncertainty avoidance?
What is the controversy surrounding the Site C dam in British Columbia?
The controversial project is located on the Peace River and would damage Indigenous lands.
Decision-making in this European country is known to be sloooow...
What is Germany?
The term used to describe how a marketing is promoted to a certain group of potential customers who belong to a particular culture or demographic.
What is cultural marketing?
In many countries on this continent, looking down (rather than making eye contact) is a sign of respect.
What is Asia?
This type of organization would have more hierarchy in their organization's design, and would use more formal titles.
What is a high power distance organization?
Where is maple syrup made?
Canada
How will changes in duty-free taxes for online purchases impact businesses in Canada? Who benefits the most and the least from this change?
Consumers who engage in online shopping would benefit while Canadian retailers would likely be harmed. U.S retailers would benefit from increased exports to Canadian consumers.
Wearing white on one's wedding day in Canada is an example of this.
What is a cultural custom?
PRI salespeople were frustrated with their negotiations with their Saudi counterparts because the Saudi's practice THIS type of time orientation.
What is polychronic?
Canada's HIGHEST Hofstede score.
(200 bonus points if you can guess the score within 10 points)
What is Individualism? (80/100)
List four cultural values a Canadian should be aware of when invited to a meeting in another country.
Explain how political systems and economic systems are different.
An economic system is the way a country organizes its resources and distributes goods and services to its citizens. A political system is the type of government by which a country is run.