Exam 10: Leadership of Ethics, Diversity, and Culture

You have been hired as CEO of Lugar Industries and have been asked to change the organizational culture. Because your company operates in a quickly changing environment, you need to have a culture which encourages employees to respond quickly to changes, to take risks, innovate, and have the authority to make quick decisions to take advantage of opportunities and to avoid risks. Based on these conditions, you, as CEO, want a(n) ____ culture.

A code of ethics will still be useful even if an ethical corporate culture and top management support are lacking.

Describe the characteristics of low- and high-performance cultures.

Which of the following is considered to be an obstacle to diversity?

To assess ability to identify culture, have students complete Work Applications 1, 2, 3, and/or 5.

Describe the key indicators of a culture that supports diversity.

Cooperative culture represents a leadership belief in active monitoring of the external environment for emerging opportunities and threats.

Organizations with ____ cultures are highly structured and efficiency driven.

Would you describe the culture where you work or have worked as a low- or high-performance culture? Explain your answer.

Explain the primary reasons for embracing diversity.

Culture is the aggregate of beliefs, norms, attitudes, values, assumptions, and ways of doing things that is shared by members of an organization and taught to new members.

A national culture that values personal relationships and a high quality of life is described by Hofstede as:

The competitive culture is generally known for its flexibility and innovativeness.

Distinguish between symbolic and substantive leadership actions for shaping organizational culture.

The extent to which an organization's culture supports or subverts internal management controls will determine if it is functional or dysfunctional.

The ultimate objective of diversity training and education is to create a diversity sensitive orientation.

All of the following are symbolic leadership actions for shaping culture EXCEPT:

Which of the following is a function of culture?

Halgie Corporation took great efforts toe select a CEO whose personality traits and values fit the company's cultural values. A benefit of this approach is that it enhances successful outcomes.

You believe there is not much change taking place in the industry your company is affiliated with, and as such the focus is on employees performing their functional tasks to standards. Which of the following types of organizational culture best describes where you work?