GSCM 311 Final Review Question and
answers 100% correct 2025/2026
international business culture & supply chain - correct answer ✔Managing the cross-cultural
interactions between suppliers governments regulators and third party logistics providers, requires a
good understanding of how to manage cross-cultural interactions
Erin Meyers 8 scales for work - correct answer ✔-communicating
-evaluating
-leading
-deciding
-trusting
-disagreeing
-scheduling
-persuading
(EM) communicating - correct answer ✔low context - Germany
high context - France, China, Japan
low context : good communication is precise simple and clear. Understood at face value
high context : good communication is sophisticated, nuanced and layered. messages are both spoken
and read between the lines. messages are implied not always explicit.
(EM) evaluating - correct answer ✔direct feedback - Germany, France
, indirect negative feedback - China, Japan
US sits in the middle of the spectrum
(EM) persuading - correct answer ✔specific - Germany, France
Holistic - China, Japan, US
concept first : theory or complex concept before presenting a fact, statement or opinion
Application First : trained to begin with a fact, statement or opinion and later add concepts to explain
(EM) Leading - correct answer ✔Egalitarian - denmark, netherlands
Hierarchical - China, Japan, Germany, France
egalitarian : distance between a boss and subordinate is low. organization structures are flat
Hierarchical : distance between a boss and subordinates is high. Status is important. organization
structured is multilayered.
(EM) Deciding - correct answer ✔Consensual - Japan, Germany
Top Down - France, China
answers 100% correct 2025/2026
international business culture & supply chain - correct answer ✔Managing the cross-cultural
interactions between suppliers governments regulators and third party logistics providers, requires a
good understanding of how to manage cross-cultural interactions
Erin Meyers 8 scales for work - correct answer ✔-communicating
-evaluating
-leading
-deciding
-trusting
-disagreeing
-scheduling
-persuading
(EM) communicating - correct answer ✔low context - Germany
high context - France, China, Japan
low context : good communication is precise simple and clear. Understood at face value
high context : good communication is sophisticated, nuanced and layered. messages are both spoken
and read between the lines. messages are implied not always explicit.
(EM) evaluating - correct answer ✔direct feedback - Germany, France
, indirect negative feedback - China, Japan
US sits in the middle of the spectrum
(EM) persuading - correct answer ✔specific - Germany, France
Holistic - China, Japan, US
concept first : theory or complex concept before presenting a fact, statement or opinion
Application First : trained to begin with a fact, statement or opinion and later add concepts to explain
(EM) Leading - correct answer ✔Egalitarian - denmark, netherlands
Hierarchical - China, Japan, Germany, France
egalitarian : distance between a boss and subordinate is low. organization structures are flat
Hierarchical : distance between a boss and subordinates is high. Status is important. organization
structured is multilayered.
(EM) Deciding - correct answer ✔Consensual - Japan, Germany
Top Down - France, China
