Question 1

Organizational culture is best described as the basic pattern of shared:

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A) assumptions,beliefs and behaviours that subconsciously guide employee thoughts and actions. 
B) behaviours that employees enact to demonstrate their support for corporate goals. 
C) decisions routinely occurring throughout the organization that support corporate strategies. 
D) values and assumptions that directs everyone in the organization toward the "right way" of doing things. 
E) rituals and ceremonies that employees enact to consummate their relationship with the organization. 
A) assumptions,beliefs and behaviours that subconsciously guide employee thoughts and actions. 
B) behaviours that employees enact to demonstrate their support for corporate goals. 
C) decisions routinely occurring throughout the organization that support corporate strategies. 
D) values and assumptions that directs everyone in the organization toward the "right way" of doing things. 
E) rituals and ceremonies that employees enact to consummate their relationship with the organization.

Question 2

The best way to measure an organization's culture is to:

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A) interview executives. 
B) look for evidence of its corporate value statements. 
C) sample information from a variety of organizational artifacts. 
D) read and analyze the various mission statements produced by the organization. 
E) ask customers to evaluate the company's effectiveness. 
A) interview executives. 
B) look for evidence of its corporate value statements. 
C) sample information from a variety of organizational artifacts. 
D) read and analyze the various mission statements produced by the organization. 
E) ask customers to evaluate the company's effectiveness.

Question 3

Subcultures are groups of employees whose values are opposed to the organization's dominant values.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following represents a type of vaccination by preparing job applicants for the more challenging and troublesome aspects of work life?

Accepted Answer

A) Encounter stage of socialization 
B) Realistic job previews 
C) Anticipatory reality shock 
D) Cultural acclimatization 
E) Ritualistic job reviews 
A) Encounter stage of socialization 
B) Realistic job previews 
C) Anticipatory reality shock 
D) Cultural acclimatization 
E) Ritualistic job reviews

Question 5

A strong corporate culture potentially increases organizational performance by:

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A) helping employees across all subunits understand and embrace the dominant values. 
B) ensuring that employees mindlessly perform their work in an obedient manner. 
C) ensuring that no one holds countercultural values. 
D) ensuring that employees do not adopt new and unapproved values. 
E) doing all of these things. 
A) helping employees across all subunits understand and embrace the dominant values. 
B) ensuring that employees mindlessly perform their work in an obedient manner. 
C) ensuring that no one holds countercultural values. 
D) ensuring that employees do not adopt new and unapproved values. 
E) doing all of these things.

Question 6

Organizational culture does which of the following?

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A) It is a powerful form of social control that influences employee decisions and behaviour. 
B) It is the social glue that bonds employees together and makes them feel part of the organization. 
C) It assists the sense-making process 
D) It does all of these things. 
E) It has no effect on employees. 
A) It is a powerful form of social control that influences employee decisions and behaviour. 
B) It is the social glue that bonds employees together and makes them feel part of the organization. 
C) It assists the sense-making process 
D) It does all of these things. 
E) It has no effect on employees.

Question 7

Superb Consultants have submitted a proposal to analyze the cultural values of your organization.The proposal states that Superb has developed a revolutionary new survey to tap the company's true culture.The survey takes just ten minutes to complete and the consultants say results can be based on a small sample of employees.Discuss the merits and limitations of this proposal.

Accepted Answer

Understanding an organization's culture

Question 8

Employees at SuperTech Services seek out opportunities rather than wait for them to arrive.They also have a strong sense of responsibility for the organization's performance.SuperTech likely has:

Accepted Answer

A) a weak organizational culture. 
B) a strong counterculture. 
C) relatively few artifacts representing the organization's culture. 
D) a culture that is misaligned with its external environment. 
E) an adaptive culture. 
A) a weak organizational culture. 
B) a strong counterculture. 
C) relatively few artifacts representing the organization's culture. 
D) a culture that is misaligned with its external environment. 
E) an adaptive culture.

Question 9

Corporate cults are preferred,because they help suppress subcultures within organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

An organization's dominant culture is:

Accepted Answer

A) the values dictated by an organization's new owners. 
B) the assumptions,values and beliefs shared most widely by the organization's members. 
C) the values held by the most vocal countercultural group in the organization. 
D) the assumptions,values and beliefs that the company's top executives are trying to spread throughout the organization. 
E) the values that senior executives want people outside the organization to believe are followed within the company. 
A) the values dictated by an organization's new owners. 
B) the assumptions,values and beliefs shared most widely by the organization's members. 
C) the values held by the most vocal countercultural group in the organization. 
D) the assumptions,values and beliefs that the company's top executives are trying to spread throughout the organization. 
E) the values that senior executives want people outside the organization to believe are followed within the company.

Question 11

Organizations with an adaptive corporate culture:

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A) are unlikely to survive in the long run. 
B) has a strong learning orientation. 
C) tend to be less ethical than organizations with non-adaptive cultures. 
D) have no artifacts to keep their culture in place. 
E) are focused inward to employee needs. 
A) are unlikely to survive in the long run. 
B) has a strong learning orientation. 
C) tend to be less ethical than organizations with non-adaptive cultures. 
D) have no artifacts to keep their culture in place. 
E) are focused inward to employee needs.

Question 12

An organizations' culture is usually quite fuzzy and difficult to define using simple models and surveys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Reward systems are artifacts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

According to your text,why do corporate cults undermine organizational effectiveness?

Accepted Answer

A) They lock decision makers into mental models that prevent them from seeing new opportunities and unique problems. 
B) They manipulate organizational members. 
C) They create organizations where unethical behaviour is tolerated. 
D) They prevent subcultures from existing within the organization. 
E) All of these occur. 
A) They lock decision makers into mental models that prevent them from seeing new opportunities and unique problems. 
B) They manipulate organizational members. 
C) They create organizations where unethical behaviour is tolerated. 
D) They prevent subcultures from existing within the organization. 
E) All of these occur.

Question 15

Rituals represent the organization's deliberate and usually dramatic displays of its dominant culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What effect do co-workers have on the socialization of new employees?

Accepted Answer

A) Co-workers provide valuable support and information to newcomers. 
B) Through social interaction,co-workers reduce the newcomer's stress during socialization. 
C) By welcoming the newcomer to the team,co-workers tend to offer more job-related information to the newcomer. 
D) Co-workers potentially do all of these things. 
E) Co-workers have no benefit to the socialization process and should be separated from newcomers as much as possible. 
A) Co-workers provide valuable support and information to newcomers. 
B) Through social interaction,co-workers reduce the newcomer's stress during socialization. 
C) By welcoming the newcomer to the team,co-workers tend to offer more job-related information to the newcomer. 
D) Co-workers potentially do all of these things. 
E) Co-workers have no benefit to the socialization process and should be separated from newcomers as much as possible.

Question 17

Resolving conflicts between work and nonwork activities mainly occurs during what stage of socialization?

Accepted Answer

A) Role management 
B) Encounter 
C) Pre-employment 
D) Reality shock 
E) Disillusionment 
A) Role management 
B) Encounter 
C) Pre-employment 
D) Reality shock 
E) Disillusionment

Question 18

The deepest element of organizational culture is:

Accepted Answer

A) shared values. 
B) artifacts. 
C) language. 
D) symbols. 
E) shared assumptions. 
A) shared values. 
B) artifacts. 
C) language. 
D) symbols. 
E) shared assumptions.

Question 19

Organizational socialization is the process of meeting other employees and spending more time with them throughout the work day.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA)theory,job applicants:

Accepted Answer

A) are attracted to coworkers with similar values and assumptions. 
B) avoid employment in companies whose values seem incompatible with their own values. 
C) do not typically pay much heed to organizational values when applying for work. 
D) avoid other applicants if they are competing for the same jobs. 
E) are attracted to companies that are likely to provide them with the greatest rewards. 
A) are attracted to coworkers with similar values and assumptions. 
B) avoid employment in companies whose values seem incompatible with their own values. 
C) do not typically pay much heed to organizational values when applying for work. 
D) avoid other applicants if they are competing for the same jobs. 
E) are attracted to companies that are likely to provide them with the greatest rewards.

Organizational culture is best described as the basic pattern of shared:

The best way to measure an organization's culture is to:

Subcultures are groups of employees whose values are opposed to the organization's dominant values.

Which of the following represents a type of vaccination by preparing job applicants for the more challenging and troublesome aspects of work life?

A strong corporate culture potentially increases organizational performance by:

Organizational culture does which of the following?

Employees at SuperTech Services seek out opportunities rather than wait for them to arrive.They also have a strong sense of responsibility for the organization's performance.SuperTech likely has:

Corporate cults are preferred,because they help suppress subcultures within organizations.

An organization's dominant culture is:

Organizations with an adaptive corporate culture:

An organizations' culture is usually quite fuzzy and difficult to define using simple models and surveys.

Reward systems are artifacts.

According to your text,why do corporate cults undermine organizational effectiveness?

Rituals represent the organization's deliberate and usually dramatic displays of its dominant culture.

What effect do co-workers have on the socialization of new employees?

Resolving conflicts between work and nonwork activities mainly occurs during what stage of socialization?

The deepest element of organizational culture is:

Organizational socialization is the process of meeting other employees and spending more time with them throughout the work day.

According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA)theory,job applicants:

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior

Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Team Dynamics

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Change

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Exam 14: Organizational Culture

Organizational culture is best described as the basic pattern of shared:

The best way to measure an organization's culture is to:

Subcultures are groups of employees whose values are opposed to the organization's dominant values.

Which of the following represents a type of vaccination by preparing job applicants for the more challenging and troublesome aspects of work life?

A strong corporate culture potentially increases organizational performance by:

Organizational culture does which of the following?

Employees at SuperTech Services seek out opportunities rather than wait for them to arrive.They also have a strong sense of responsibility for the organization's performance.SuperTech likely has:

Corporate cults are preferred,because they help suppress subcultures within organizations.

An organization's dominant culture is:

Organizations with an adaptive corporate culture:

An organizations' culture is usually quite fuzzy and difficult to define using simple models and surveys.

Reward systems are artifacts.

According to your text,why do corporate cults undermine organizational effectiveness?

Rituals represent the organization's deliberate and usually dramatic displays of its dominant culture.

What effect do co-workers have on the socialization of new employees?

Resolving conflicts between work and nonwork activities mainly occurs during what stage of socialization?

The deepest element of organizational culture is:

Organizational socialization is the process of meeting other employees and spending more time with them throughout the work day.

According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA)theory,job applicants:

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior

Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Team Dynamics

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Change

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