Passage 9 Another cultural difference has to do with the much greater emphasis that Chinese people have traditionally placed on (1) , on form (as distant from content), and on being polite. Americans, in contrast, in their daily interaction, do not often talk or think about (2) face, gaining face, or giving face. Americans are concerned about reputations and they do think about "looking good" and making others "looking good." (3) , in daily interaction they tend to focus more on the substance (content) of the interaction and not on whether or not a particular action will result in someone losing or gaining face. Such issues as (4) status, which are important in Chinese (5) of face, are less important to American and less likely to enter their minds when thinking aboutsubstantive matters. Sim A. surface B. appearance C. face D. nature [简答题]cultural visits
[简答题]cultural pluralism
[简答题] TRAINING ACROSS CULTURES
Cultural differences are an important factor when it comes to how and what managers should learn and from whom. Different cultural responses (0) management education are particularly revealing.
Training (31) makes extensive use of case studies, business games, and management exercises such as role-plays, favors learning by doing rather than learning by lecture and reading. It indicated a preference (32) experiential or active learning rather than cognitive or reflective learning. It also reflects an inductive rather than deductive approach; cases or exercises are used to arrive at general principles or theories (the Anglo-Saxon approach) rather than starting with a theory or framework, (33) is then applied to a given situation (the approach in many countries in Europe). As a result, European managers may not always see the point of (34) of these exercises, and some complain (35) seminars conducted by US trainers are not sufficientl
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