Exam 15: Organisational Culture

Culture has a boundary-defining role; it creates distinctions between one organisation and others.

A specific result of a strong culture should be:

Individuals with different backgrounds or at different levels in the organisation will tend to describe the organisation's culture in similar terms.

You are new to an organisation and do not really know what to expect about the socialisation 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. Immediately upon entry to the organisation,you enter the:

While a favourable financial statement or product line may be the initial attraction of an acquisition candidate,whether the acquisition actually works seems to have more to do with how well the two organisations' cultures match up.

The more a new employee is segregated from the ongoing work setting and differentiated in some way to make explicit his newcomer's role,the more ________ socialisation is.

The rules of the game define an organisation's culture.

Cultures that are low in risk tolerance are most likely to instil high ethical standards among their members.

Rituals are repetitive sequences of activities that express and reinforce the hierarchical structure of the organisation.

Terms such as BOLD,CATIA,MAIDS and POP are example of?

Discuss some of the reasons for the growing interest in spirituality.

Jester Corporation has a training program for all new managers.They spend three weeks in a formal classroom setting with other new managers and are then assigned a mentor.Only MBAs are hired for management jobs,since this is believed to be the level of qualifications necessary for job success. When a mentor is assigned,the socialisation process is:

The period of learning in the socialisation process that occurs before a new employee joins the organisation is termed the 'encounter' stage.

Which of the following is not a reason for the growing interest in spirituality?

The dominant culture is:

The ultimate source of an organisation's culture is:

The time when a new employee sees what the organisation is really like and realises that expectations and reality may diverge is called:

Pursuant to its boundary-defining role,a strong organisational culture undermines stability within an organisation.

Organisations that promote a spiritual culture:

Organisational culture serves to reinforce an individual's self-interest.