Exam 2: The Environment and Corporate Culture

All of these are a part of an organization's task environment,except:

Discuss the relationship between external environmental characteristics and uncertainty.

The level of corporate culture in which values are so deeply embedded that members are no longer consciously aware of them is:

Which of the following cultures values and rewards a methodical,rational,orderly way of doing things?

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

Terry manages a food distribution company that is highly focused on creating a strong cohesive culture,but the company does not tie organizational values directly to goals and desired business results.Terry's company most likely falls in which quadrant of organizational performance and culture?

The _____ environment includes the sectors that conduct day-to-day transactions within the organization.

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.

In the current external business environment,which of the following is true?

The task environmental dimension includes all elements that occur naturally on earth,including plants,animals,rocks,and natural resources such as air,water,and climate.

Which of these means that managers do not have sufficient information about environmental factors to understand and predict environmental needs and changes?

The _____ dimension of the general environment includes federal,state,and local government regulations.

Roberta is a top-level executive at a banking institution.She spends a significant part of her day meeting with local government officials,everyday consumers,and federal banking officials to address key issues in the banking industry.Roberta's role can best be described as:

List three visible artifacts of an organization's culture.

In a study by Kotter and Haskett evidence is provided to support the claim that _____ is important for performance.

In the shift from an adversarial to a partnership orientation,an organization should:

_____ is a narrative based on true event that is repeated frequently and shared by organizational employees.

Corporate culture plays a key role in creating an organizational climate that enables learning and innovative responses to threats from the external environment,challenging new opportunities,or organizational crises.

The adaptability culture emerges in an environment that requires _____ response and _____ decision making.

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