Exam 16: Organizational Culture

QuikTrip has enjoyed enormous success in large part due to the emphasis the organization puts into developing a strong culture. Which of the following responses best reflects activities QuikTrip has implemented in developing its culture?

When a corporate president is the first employee to give blood during a corporate blood drive, this is an example of:

The Walt Disney Company, known for its culture, uses all of the following to remind employees of the image they are trying to protect and the role they occupy except:

Match the following: -Artifacts

Match the following: -Strong Culture

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for managers who want to create a global culture?

Match the following: -Symbols

Deeply held beliefs that guide behavior and tell members of an organization how to perceive and think about things are called values.

The explanation of how AOL liked to handle weakened competitors, which was to "drive a knife in their heart," revealed:

Match the following: -Triangulation

Strong cultures are thought to facilitate performance for three reasons.Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?

The two types of congruence important to anticipatory socialization are:

The strong culture perspective states that organizations with strong cultures:

Which of the following is NOT likely to be an element or activity of organizational socialization?

Initial efforts to change organizational cultures usually focus on adjusting behavior.

According to Edgar Schein, leaders play crucial roles in shaping and reinforcing culture.Which of the following is NOT one of the elements considered important to a leader's management of culture?

How can an organizational culture be expressed, measured, and recorded?

Assumptions are:

The comment from a long-service employee to a recent hire, "That's the way we do it here," is an example of a:

According to Edgar Schein, the essence of culture is: