You’ve told one of your staff that she has been chosen to join a benchmarking te

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You’ve told one of your staff that she has been chosen to join a benchmarking team that is going to Switzerland to study another company’s best practices. “I’m kind of nervous,” she says. “I don’t know much about Switzerland.” Knowing that Switzerland is a low-context culture, you advise her that in general: Check all that apply.

A. Building a relationship is given a higher priority than accomplishing the deal

B. People’s relative status and nonverbal signals will play an important role in how communication is interpreted

C. The well-being of individuals is valued more than that of the group

D. Communication is primarily for the purpose of conveying information

Explanation / Answer

in Low context culture facial expressions , emotions are not given much importance and to avoid ambiguity they state out everything explicitly so Communication is primarily for purpose of conveying information and not for relationship building. Similarly high emphasis on individualism is placed as opposed to group so  The well-being of individuals is valued more than that of the group

Hence options C and D

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