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futuristic

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With reference to the Hofstede's framework, a class or caste system that discourages upward mobility is more likely to exist in a nation that scores ________.
 
  A) high on individualism
  B) low on masculinity
  C) high on power distance
  D) low on uncertainty avoidance
  E) high on long-term orientation

Question 2

What are the five stages of group development?
 
  A) generation, implementation, construction, production, and termination
  B) introduction, development, production, deterioration, and adjournment
  C) initiation, evolution, maturation, degeneration, and termination
  D) forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
  E) introducing, developing, performing, controlling, and terminating


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Answer to Question 1

C
Explanation: C) Power distance describes the degree to which people in a country accept that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally. A high rating on power distance means that large inequalities of power and wealth exist and are tolerated in the culture, as in a class or caste system that discourages upward mobility.

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: D) The five-stage group-development model characterizes groups as proceeding through the distinct stages of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.



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