GMS 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cognitive Style, Availability Heuristic, Representativeness Heuristic

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Franklin Ramsoomair

Document Summary

Your midterm examination will be written in class this week. The midterm will be based on chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 13. Major branches in the classical approach to management- hawthorne, taylor, fayol, weber, gilbreth, Resource supplies, product markets, and business competition are worldwide, rather than local. Management in organizations with business interests in more than one country. The shared set of beliefs, values, and patterns of behaviour common to a group of people. Confusion and discomfort a person experiences in an unfamiliar culture. Stages in adjusting to a new culture: Tendency to consider one"s own culture as superior to others. Low-context cultures emphasize communication via spoken or written words: monochronic cultures people tend to do one thing at a time. Polychronic cultures time is used to accomplish many different things at once. Proxemics is how people use space to communicate. Implications of it within organizations: facilitation of communication and information sharing: operating with fewer middle managers.