According to the ruxton and harvey article, understanding intercultural communication…, which of the following reasons is not a valid argument for the need to develop more flexible inter-cultural
communication patterns?
a. today, more organizations conduct international business over the phone and/or over the internet.
b. english is the language of business.
c. all members of any specific culture do not necessarily share the same communication styles or patterns.
d. being a skilled inter-cultural communicator can make an employee more valuable to an organization.

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and managers? a. change the corporation's formal documents to make it easier for outside investors to acquire a controlling interest in the firm through a hostile takeover. b. eliminate a requirement that members of the board of directors must hold a high percentage of their personal wealth in the firm's stock. c. for a firm that compensates managers with stock options, reduce the time before options are vested, i.e., the time before options can be exercised and the shares that are received can be sold. d. pay managers large cash salaries and give them no stock options. e. beef up the restrictive covenants in the firm's debt agreements.