Problem 1: One of Hofstede's dimensions of culture is Uncertainty Avoidance (uncertainty avoiding vs. uncertainty accepting). Describe how cultures differ on this dimension. Compare and contrast American and China reactions to uncertainty as part of your answer.
Problem 2: Distinguish between and universalist and particularist cultures. If you are an American manager assigned to a particularist culture, what problems will you expect and how will you solve them?
Problem 3: You are an American manager being assigned to manage a flux capacitor plant in Mexico. Discuss the differences between monochronic (sequential) and polychronic (synchronic) time orientations. What problems do you foresee for a monochronic manager working with polychronic workers? How can the manager best cope with these differences?
Problem 4: Your company is sending you to Italy to start up a plant to manufacture self-replicating rice cakes. Based on Trompenaar's dimensions, what culture based problems do you anticipate in working with Italian workers and how do you propose to solve them.