*INTP - Global Mindset

Question 1

Legal system based on written codes (laws, rules, or regulations).

Answer 1

Civil law

Question 2

Right of a legal body to exert authority over a given geographical territory, subject matter, or persons or institutions.

Answer 2

Jurisdiction

Question 3

Capacity to recognize, interpret, and behaviorally adapt to multicultural situations and contexts. Threes aspects include: cognitive, motivational, and behavioral.

Answer 3

Cultural intelligence

Question 4

Concept that stipulates that no individual is beyond the reach of the law and that authority is exercised only in accordance with written and publicly disclosed laws.

Answer 4

Rule of law

Question 5

Societies in which relationships have less history; individuals know each other less well and don’t share a common database of experience, so communication must be very explicit.

Answer 5

Low-context cultures

Question 6

Societies or groups characterized by complex, usually long-standing networks of relationships; members share a rich history of common experience, so the way they interact and interpret events is often not apparent to outsiders.

Answer 6

High-context cultures

Question 7

Basic beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, and customs shared and followed by members of a group, which give rise to the group’s sense of identity.

Answer 7

Culture

Question 8

Legal system in which each case is considered in terms of how it relates to legal decisions that have already been made; evolves through judicial decisions over time.

Answer 8

Common law

Question 9

Concept that laws are enforced only through accepted, codified procedures.

Answer 9

Due process

Question 10

Ability to take an international perspective, inclusive of other cultures’ views.

Answer 10

Global mindset

Question 11

A situation in which the laws of two or more jurisdictions differ and may exert a different result on a legal case depending on which system is deemed to have jurisdiction.

Answer 11

Conflict of Laws

Question 12

The practice of taking complaints to jurisdictions sympathetic to the complainants’ case, also called forum shopping

Answer 12

Jurisdiction shopping

Question 13

Federal laws applicable across the nation

Answer 13

National laws

Question 14

Laws that apply to states, provinces, municipalities, or regions (Their relationship to federal laws can be complex.)

Answer 14

Subnational/regional laws

Question 15

Laws that extend beyond a nation’s borders and protect or apply to the nation’s citizens traveling or working abroad

Answer 15

Extraterritorial laws

Question 16

Binding agreements between nations; may supersede national laws

Answer 16

Supranational laws

Question 17

Laws between nations that also apply to individuals within national borders (for example, human rights laws); usually ratified by participating countries but can also be accepted without ratification

Answer 17

International laws

Question 18

To develop a global mindset, or to really achieve any change in behavior, what three elements must be in place?

Answer 18

1. Appropriate knowledge, skills, and understanding
2. Desire and motivation on the part of the employee to change
3. Support from systems and management

Question 19

What four powerful tools does HR have at its disposal that can be valuable strategies for creating a global mindset and enhancing the multicultural awareness of leaders and senior managers?

Answer 19

The 4 Ts:
- TRAVEL (sending them places to experience the place and culture)
- TEAMS (having them work on diverse teams with those from other cultures or global locations)
- TRAINING (broadens their awareness around cultural norms and ethnocentric definitions)
- TRANSFERS (sending them to a new location to develop new, transferable skills and competencies through cultural immersion)

Question 20

What are the three perspectives through which global HR must define the role of human capital?

Answer 20

1. STRATEGICAL- priorities, success factors, strategic goals
2. TACTICAL - actions to bring the strategy to life, programs and metrics for measuring success
3. PRACTICAL - day-to-day needs, accommodating languages and time zones

Question 21

What are some examples of explicit culture, the outer layer of a culture?

Answer 21

Artifacts and products - a culture’s obvious features, such as its food, dress, architecture, humor, and music.

Question 22

What is in the “middle layer” of a culture’s layer - between explicit culture and implicit culture?

Answer 22

Norms and values - less immediately obvious things such as a culture’s shared and stated sense of acceptable behaviors, what they feel is right and wrong

Question 23

What are some examples of implicit culture, the inner layer of a culture?

Answer 23

Basic assumptions - the culture’s core beliefs about how the world is and ought to be, may be unspoken

Question 24

The explicit or more observable aspects of an organization’s culture, what may result from the actions of a few individuals or external forces.

Answer 24

Organizational climate

Question 25

Developing a knowledge of cultural differences and similarities and being able to use that knowledge to determine how best to handle a cross-cultural situation.

Answer 25

The Cognitive dimension of Cultural Intelligence

Question 26

The level of attraction toward a new culture; A quality that enables one to genuinely enjoy cultural differences rather than feeling threatened or intimidated by them.

Answer 26

The Motivational dimension of Cultural Intelligence

Question 27

An individual’s range of possible actions and responses to intercultural encounters; A quality that enables one to be flexible and adapt in multicultural contexts.

Answer 27

The Behavioral dimension of Cultural Intelligence