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Most modern management styles include all of the following except:


A) Less confrontational management-worker relations
B) "Do as I say" leadership styles
C) Teamwork and collegiality in planning processes
D) Increased information flows within the organization

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The marketing concept and the tailoring of supply capabilities to customer needs becomes increasingly important

A) True
B) False

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Traditional societies use economic criteria such as income and wealth to determine social class status

A) True
B) False

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The 'Melting Pot Society' refers to:


A) Changes from informal to formal education systems
B) The breaking down of ethnic and linguistic differences as countries move towards a national culture
C) The break-down of religious attitudes and values during modernization
D) The breaking down of gender differences to a more emancipated society

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Internal public resources for development include government investments in infrastructures such as roads and rail, and services such as education and defense

A) True
B) False

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Ethnic and linguistic obstacles to economic development may be overcome through:


A) Political and economic reforms
B) Use of colonial languages or dominant cultural group dialects/languages
C) Plentiful resources
D) Reforming the educational system

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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In rural, traditional societies, people tend to be less concerned with the present/future and more concerned with the past

A) True
B) False

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Multi-lingual and multi-ethnic nations have few problems developing economically

A) True
B) False

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False

As urbanization and industrialization occur, family units move from nuclear (parents and children) to extended family formats

A) True
B) False

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Geographic impediments to national economic development include resource availability, climate and access to trading routes

A) True
B) False

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Traditional peoples tend to be risk-avoiders

A) True
B) False

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As countries develop, cash overtakes credit as the dominant method of purchase payment

A) True
B) False

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Country development involves rises in living standards as well as changes in cultural institutions and individual values

A) True
B) False

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Merchandising and packaging become more important aspects of marketing strategy as nations become increasingly developed

A) True
B) False

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True

The emulation cycle for sustained economic growth includes all of the following except:


A) Migration from towns to rural areas
B) Migrants acquiring a work ethic
C) Migrants acquiring new consumption patterns
D) Constant exposures to modern lifestyles

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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As modernization occurs in national economies, production and division of labor increases for firms, and they tend to be more profit-focused

A) True
B) False

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National politicians are always in favor of economic development

A) True
B) False

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Competitive pressures on firms in developing markets are high in both urban and rural areas

A) True
B) False

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Changes in cultural institutions occurring during economic development include all of the following except:


A) Social class systems from hereditary to income based criteria
B) Gender orientations from male-dominated to more egalitarian (emancipated) societies
C) Movements from nuclear family units to extended family units
D) Decreased emphasis on religion
E) All are cultural institution changes

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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C

High community orientations entail distributing community output strictly according to what individuals contribute

A) True
B) False

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