Exam 3: The Environment and Corporate Culture

The _____ environment represents the outer layer of the environment and affects organizations _____.

Executives at One World Advertising have learned that it is necessary to establish strong personal relationships and emotional bonds with Chinese business partners. This relates most closely to which dimension of the general business environment?

If Johnson Lumber provides trees for Westvaco Paper Manufacturing, then Johnson Lumber is considered a supplier for Westvaco.

Many organizations are adapting to the environment by developing more of a(n) _____ relationship rather than a(n) _____ relationship with competitors.

The _____of the general environment includes all elements that occur naturally on earth.

Current employees, management, and especially corporate culture are part of an organization's internal environment.

When two or more organizations combine to become one, it is referred to as a:

When environmental factors change rapidly, the organization experiences _____ uncertainty.

When Miami Herald launches a Spanish-language newspaper, El Nuevo Herald, with articles emphasizing Hispanic, Cuban, and Latin American news and sports, it is responding to changes in _____ environment.

List the five dimensions of the general environment.

In a high performance culture, organizations put high emphasis on both culture and solid business performance as drivers of organizational success.

It is expected that the Hispanic population in the United States will shrink slightly over the next 30 years.

Corporate or organizational culture is the set of values, beliefs, understandings, and norms shared by those who are its members. It guides how people within the organization interact with one another, and how the organization interacts with the external environment. Organizations will often use symbols, stories, slogans, heroes, and ceremonies as expressions of their corporate culture. Select five well-known corporate slogans and symbols. For each, interpret what belief or value you think the company is trying to convey with the slogan and symbol. Then rewrite the slogan to show how you really feel about the company or its product.

The _____ represents people in the environment who can be hired to work for the organization.

Managers shape cultural norms and values in an organization through cultural leadership. Write a short essay that defines cultural leadership and describes some methods a cultural leader may use to ensure high-performance in his organization. In your opinion, is the role of cultural leader "motivation" or "manipulation?" Explain your answer in your essay.

Which of the following is NOT a part of adapting the organization to changes in the environment for coping with high environmental uncertainty?

The international dimension of the external environment represents events originating in foreign countries as well as opportunities for U.S. companies in other countries.

An example of part of the legal-political dimension of the general environment is a government's report on the decline of unemployment rate.

Heroes are important to an organization due to the fact that they:

The general economic health of the country or region in which the organization operates is represented by the _____ dimension.