Exam 10: Leadership of Culture, Ethics, and Diversity

_________ is a values-based concept and describes those with the highest integrity,committed to building enduring organizations.

Foreign-born managers who lead U.S.companies:

Authentic leaders have a deep sense of purpose and are true to their values,with the courage to tell their followers the hard truths.

Insular thinking is a common characteristic of high-performance cultures.

Culture is a social control mechanism.

The _________ culture usually has intense rivalries internally and with outside competitors,high performance standards and tough internal reviews,all of which are used to weed out the weak and reward the strong.

Insular thinking is an attribute of a(n)____ culture.

An employee's disclosure of illegal or unethical practices on the part of the organization is called:

_________ emphasizes a transparent and high-quality exchange relationship between leaders and followers,allowing for the formation of positive leader-member exchange relationships.

A strong culture is one that offers a variable values system that encourages employees' freedom of expression through a variety of behaviors.

_______ is defined as an invisible barrier that separates women and minorities from top leadership positions.

The competitive culture represents a leadership belief in strong,mutually reinforcing exchanges and linkages between employees and departments.

Top management of Mallon Corporation wants to communicate that it is committed to creating a new culture.The strongest means of doing this is to replace old-culture members who are unwilling to change with a "new breed" of employees.

In high-performance cultures,emphasis is placed on individual goal setting,and in low-performance cultures,emphasis is place on linkages between reward systems and performance.

You have been hired as CEO of Lugar Industries and have been asked to change the organizational culture.Because your company operates in a quickly changing environment,you need to have a culture which encourages employees to respond quickly to changes,to take risks,innovate,and have the authority to make quick decisions to take advantage of opportunities and to avoid risks.Based on these conditions,you,as CEO,want a(n)____ culture.

Identify organizational practices that do foster an ethical work environment.

Employees learn what is valued most in an organization by watching what attitudes and behaviors leaders pay attention to and reward and whether the leaders' own behavior matches the espoused values.

Organizations with a pro-diversity culture makes every effort to remove diversity blockers or obstacles,such as company policies and practices that result in unintended consequences such as stereotypes and prejudices.

Faced with increasing global and domestic competition,many leaders are shifting away from __________ cultures because of the need for greater flexibility and adaptation.

Does the organization you work or have worked for offer diversity awareness training and education? If you are not sure,contact the human resources department to find out.If it does,briefly describe the program.