Question

EarthShapers, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of heavy construction equipment, maintains large sales and support operations overseas. When sending new employees to its operations in Japan, the employees take courses in Japanese history and culture so that the Americans can adjust more easily to living in Japan. This training would apply to the ____ component of international competence training.

Answer 1

Cognitive

Step-by-step explanation:

Cognitive competencies a process that comprises various competencies such as creative thinking, new reasoning style, self-reflection, adaptative thinking, and others. When used as a component of competence training, the cognitive component serves as a trigger to access, open and develop employees’ new ways to think, see others and adapt themselves to new environments, in this case, the new organizational culture in the Japanese business context.