Exam 16: Organizational Culture

Which of the following is not an example of stories?

The selection process helps sustain the organization's culture by ________.

The ultimate source of an organization's culture is ________.

A strong culture tends to reduce employee turnover.

A positive culture recognizes the difference between ________.

Aggressiveness, innovation, and risk taking are the ________ of the culture of Trends Inc.

Nunya employees are allowed to dress informally. This is an example of a ________ through which organizational culture is transmitted.

Company chants are used to ________.

One of the main ways that culture is created and maintained within an organization is for the founder to only hire and keep employees who think and feel the same as he/she does. Discuss both the pros and cons of this idea and offer an opinion as to why this system can be effective.

During the metamorphosis stage of the socialization process, a new employee compares her expectations-about the job, co-workers, the boss, and the organization in general-with the reality in the organization.

________ help employees understand the history and past actions of an organization and explain and legitimate current practices by anchoring the present in the past.

One of the misgivings about managers offering employees praise for good work is that ________.

Which of the following is not a means of transmitting culture within an organization?

In addition to the organizational culture, the finance department emphasizes attention to detail. In this example, attention to detail is a part of the ________ of the organization.

Janice works for a pet store where everyone is committed to the happiness of the animals. Often employees, bosses and hourly workers alike, come into the store "off the clock" and spend time training the animals. Everyone loves the store, the animals, and their jobs. This attitude of her coworkers inspires Janice to do her best. Based on this information, we can say that Janice is experiencing the effects of ________.

You are new to an organization and do not really know what to expect about the socialization process. You are a recent M.B.A. and have an undergraduate degree in computer science. Your new firm is a software development company with an emphasis in the health care industry. Your hiring process includes campus interviews, a day-long trip for an interview at the company, an offer phone call and letter, and some promotional material sent via the mail. When you arrive for your first day at work, you spend half a day in an orientation session that is conducted by the human resources department, where you complete paperwork and receive a company handbook. Then you spend the rest of the day with your supervisor, who gives you a tour, introduces you to your co-workers, and explains your first project. After that, you begin working and getting to know the others in the company. You find that in most respects, your experience fits your expectations, but in some ways you are surprised by realities that you hadn't expected. None of these surprises is too difficult to accept, so you eventually begin to feel at home and happy with your new job. The information that you receive during the interviewing and hiring process is a part of the ________ stage of employee socialization.

Phil is new at JPS Corp., but after a week he already knows that the founder of the corporation started the business in his garage with only $4,000 and one client. This information was most likely transmitted to Phil by way of ________.

The process of socialization consists of three stages. Which of the following is one of these three stages?

What are the seven prime characteristics that capture the essence of an organization's culture?

Identify the correct order in the socialization process.