Exam 10: Leadership of Culture, Ethics, and Diversity

An organization with a competitive culture operates in a rapidly growing market environment where they focus on introducing their product to the customer.

An essential challenge of a new culture implantation is to smoothly and quickly incorporate new behaviors into one's cultural orientation,also known as:

Google has been described as a company where employees have a lot of flexibility and are empowered to pursue creative solutions to customer problems. This statement is characteristic of which type of organizational culture? 

You plan to work abroad and want to work in a culture where leaders and followers interact on several levels.Which one of the following countries should you consider?

All organizations have a culture.

Explain the benefits of embracing diversity.

What potential problems could develop in a case where a leader is from a high-power-distance culture but his followers are from a low-power-distance culture?

Because industrialized countries share similar national values,it would be appropriate for the United States to use the same rewards systems for companies in Canada and Mexico.

All of the following are factors that support and sustain a pro-diversity culture,EXCEPT:

____ has a high power-distance culture.

I think every department in the company has a copy of the mission and values statement on the wall somewhere. Which characteristic(s)of low- and high-performing cultures listed below best relates with this statement?  a.Strong performance with a passion for achieving b.Intensely people oriented c.Results oriented and goal driven d.Emphasis on excellence e.Shared values and beliefs j.Reinforce permance with matching rewards f.Insular thinking g.Resistance to change h.Politicized internal environment i.Unhealthy promotion practices

_________  are valuable for the signals they send about the kinds of behavior and expectations leaders wish to encourage and promote.

Based on the five value dimensions discussed,briefly explain the level of cultural understanding that exists where you work or have worked.

Explain the power of culture to an organization's effectiveness,both internally and externally.

Diversity training is most likely to be successful when it is:

Describe the characteristics of low- and high-performance cultures.

The strength of any culture depends on the degree to which a set of norms and values are widely shared and strongly held throughout the organization.

Though there is no one best organizational culture,the ideal culture is:

All of the following are tools available for leaders who want to create and foster an ethical work environment,EXCEPT:

Organizations with strong cultures have an unmistakable profile that sets them apart from average performers.These strong cultural attributes are firm-specific but easily replacated by other organizations.