Exam 3: The Environment and Corporate Culture

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

A __________ is a phrase or sentence that succinctly expresses a key corporate value.

A(n) __________ defines and uses signals and symbols to influence corporate culture.

The __________ emerges in an environment that requires fast response and high-risk decision making.

A(n) __________ is a planned activity at a special event that is conducted for the benefit of an audience.

A(n) __________ is a narrative based on true events that is repeated frequently and shared among organizational employees.

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

Briefly describe the task environment and list its four primary sectors.

Customers and competitors are two important sectors of the economic dimension of a firm's general environment.

Nikki Williams Nikki Williams was working as the sales manager for Industrial Instruments. Some of the sales executives were showing signs of burnout. They were losing interest in their jobs and were no longer motivated to gain new accounts. The reward system focused on old reliable accounts, but Nikki was now under pressure to expand the customer base. Nikki had recently been to a seminar on corporate value systems. She recognized that the company's CEO wanted to change the way employees thought about the firm and the way they related to one another. She further recognized that a lasting solution to her problem required a fundamental shift in perception. -To affect the value system, Nikki will be working primarily with:

In today's business environment, most companies operate in a stable and rigid environment.

Which of the following dimensions of the general environment includes all elements that occur naturally on Earth?

A(n) __________ includes the elements within the organization's boundaries.

The international dimension of the general environment includes events originating in foreign countries, as well as new opportunities for U.S. companies in other countries.

The consistency culture uses a(n) __________ focus and a consistency orientation for a __________ environment.

Those people and organizations in the environment that acquire goods or services from the organization are __________.

The general environment dimension that includes consumer purchasing power, the unemployment rate, and interest rates is called the __________ dimension.

__________ refers to activities to get as much information as possible about one's rivals.

Which of the following cultures is suited to organizations concerned with serving specific customers in the external environment, but without the intense need for flexibility and rapid change?

Business intelligence and big data analytics are related to a growing area of boundary spanning known as artificial intelligence.