In collectivist societies, competition for resources is the norm, and those who compete best are rewarded financially

Although many companies in the U.S. have adopted team-based management that is very successful in Japan, U.S. managers and employees often have difficulty working in teams. This may be because:

a. Japanese managers are generally superior in motivating their employees b. the U.S. employees are not comfortable with uncertainty c. the Japanese have lower power distance and are more egalitarian d. the U.S. employees are more individualistic

A(n) ________ refers to the software building blocks that are used to ensure that common system capabilities, such as user interfaces and printing, as well as modules are standardized to facilitate data exchange between clients and servers

A) Application server B) File server C) API D) Virtual machine