13.1 Cultural differences in the boardroom

Question 1

What is cultural sensitivity?

Answer 1

Being interested in other cultures, and sensitive enough to notice cultural differences, and being willing to modify behaviour as an indication of respect for the people of other cultures.

Question 2

In a progressively diverse organisation and boar environment, te company secretary and governance professional increasingly needs to play the role of cultural d_________ to mediate potential conflict to mediate potential c________ and facilitate effective b_____ function.

Answer 2

diplomay
conflicts
board

Question 3

One can have measurably different levels of cultural s___________ and cultural i_________. Both can be developed and improved over time.

Answer 3

sensitivity

intelligence

Question 4

Company culture can be desribed using Deal and Kennedy’s five cultural e_________ and their four cultural t____, which highlight tensions between organisational risk taking and the speed of f________.

Answer 4

elements
types
feedback

Question 5

Sector and v___________ culture can be diagnosed using the Competing V______ framework, through its values tensions of internal versus e________ focus and current versus f_____ focus.

Answer 5

vocational
Values
external
future

Question 6

Country culture can be understood through the lens of various bipolar cultural d___________, which when combined, illuminate the reasons why different c_______ behave as they do.

Answer 6

dimensions

cultures