1. What is the degree of your global awareness?
Answer the following questionnaire to find out.
[Ricky W. Griffin, Management, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996]
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

2. The environment of business is becoming more global
The environment of business is becoming more global. The following assessment is designed to help you understand your readiness to respond to managing in a global context.
Instructions: You will agree with some of the following statements and disagree with others. In some cases, you may find it difficult to make a decision, but you should force a choice. Record your answers next to each statement according to the following scale:
Strongly Agree = 4
Somewhat Agree = 3
Somewhat Disagree = 2
Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

3. 1. Some areas of Switzerland are very much like Italy.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

4. 2. Although aspects of behavior such as motivation and attitudes within organizational settings remain quite diverse across cultures, organizations themselves appear to be increasingly similar in terms of design and technology.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

5. 3. Spain, France, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil, and Indonesia have cultures with a strong orientation toward authority.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

6. 4. Japan and Austria define male-female roles more rigidly and value qualities like forcefulness and achievement more than Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

7. 5. Some areas of Switzerland are very much like France.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

8. 6. Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Canada, and New Zealand have cultures that view people first as individuals and place a priority on their own interests and values, whereas Colombia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Peru, Singapore, Mexico, Greece, and Hong Kong have cultures in which the good of the group or society is considered the priority.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

9. 7. The United States, Israel, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Germany, and New Zealand have cultures with a low orientation toward authority.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

10. 8. The same manager may behave differently in different cultural settings.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

11. 9. Denmark, Canada, Norway, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia have cultures in which employees tolerate a high degree of uncertainty, but such levels of uncertainty are not well tolerated in Israel, Austria, Japan, Italy, Argentina, Peru, France, and Belgium.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

12. 10. Some areas of Switzerland are very much like Germany.
Strongly Agree = 4 Somewhat Disagree = 2
Somewhat Agree = 2 Strongly Disagree = 1
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri

13. All the statements are true. Thus your score should be close to 40
All the statements are true. Thus your score should be close to 40. The closer your score is to 40, the more you understand the global context of organizational environments. The closer you are to 10, the less you understand the global context. For development purposes, you should note any particular items for which you had a low score and concentrate un improving your knowledge of those areas.
Global Awareness Questionnaire, Management of Technological Innovation, KV Patri