Exam 14: Organizational Culture, Creativity, and Innovation

Having a diverse workforce ensures that creativity will flourish.

Table 14.1 Graduate students are studying their university's organizational culture. Tanya is examining the extent to which the university makes it easy for students to register for classes and for professors to get clerical support for their classes. Tia has focused on the university's concern about liability and how much it allows professors to experiment with new teaching methods, conduct experiments in classes, etc. Bill has found that there is little expectation that faculty will make independent decisions. Almost everything has to pass through a committee. Students feel like mushrooms; they are kept in the dark and dumped on. As a consequence, faculty members do their own thing and go home. Alumni giving is minimal since most graduates are happy to escape. There is little social consciousness on campus. -Refer to Table 14.1. Tia's research is on the ________ element of organizational culture.

What are the components of organizational innovation and their importance to organizational behavior?

The cognitive framework consisting of attitudes, values, behavioral norms, and expectations shared by organization members, is referred to as:

Organizations that have a strong internal focus along with a high degree of flexibility and discretion are said to have a(n):

When someone is trying to be creative and use a series of "rules" to approach tasks in novel ways, they are building their creativity by:

The components of organizational innovation are essentially the same as those for individual creativity.

Bill is considering working for Dayton Computers. He notices that the company shows respect for individuals' rights, is fair, and supportive. He is assessing the organizational cultural element of:

The most important organizational cultural element for managing innovation is:

Organizational cultures change over time due to:

The first step in the creative process is:

Being honest and open is most important in what activity of a cultural due diligence analysis?

According to the creative process model, allowing ideas to incubate means to:

Organizational culture is a cognitive framework of the attitudes, values, norms, and expectations shared by the organization's members.

Introducing goods that are new or substantially improved is considered what target of innovation?

Changes in pivotal organizational practices are considered examples what target of innovation?

Ana is helping her employees break their mental sets and think more complexly in order to improve their creativity. Ana is helping them to develop their:

Explain how and why organizational culture changes.

When fostering creativity, it helps to:

An organization with a hierarchy culture is best described by all of the following EXCEPT: