Exam 15: Organisational Culture

What is organisational culture? What are the seven primary characteristics that capture the essence of an organisation's culture?

Of the following characteristics,which is NOT representative of a spiritual organisation?

The stage of socialisation where an individual confronts the possible dichotomy between her expectations and reality is the 'encounter' stage.

Strong cultures consist of individuals who share the same esteemed values across the board.

Buzz Inc is a chain outlet that initially started out by specialising in exotic yoghurt ice creams.When people talk about Buzz Inc,no one appears to know who the founder is.Since its creation,Buzz Inc has periodically added new products to its menu and is now well known for its unique and unusual desserts.It has become widely recognised as symbol of daring and innovation. This provides an example of:

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. Jester Corporation's socialisation program appears to be:

Solution.com is a company that provides consulting services.The executives of the company are not particularly concerned with how the consultants approach their work as long as the desired result is achieved.They are interested in maintaining the status quo and encourage competitiveness between consultants by rewarding the top performers for each quarter. The organisational culture characteristics that are of relevance in this case are:

Which of the following is most likely to communicate how equal or unequal staff members are?

Material symbols convey to employees the degree of egalitarianism that is desired by top management.

What is workplace spirituality?

Discuss what happens when organisations become institutionalised.Explain how it relates to culture.

How is organisational culture formed?

Culture performs all the following functions except:

The selection process is two-way in that it allows the organisation to determine how well the applicant will fit into the culture while representing the culture to the applicant in order for him/her to decide whether organisation values conflict with his/her own.

Culture distinguishes an organisation from others and has a boundary-defining role.

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. The stage in which you will adjust to the organisation's values and norms is termed:

According to your text,a strong culture can act as a substitute for:

The key characteristic of organisational culture which addresses the degree to which people are competitive rather than easy-going is termed:

If an organisation has a strong ethical culture,it is better able to influence employee behaviour than a weak culture.

If a company wanting to establish an ethical culture was to create and disseminate an organisational code of ethics,as well as state the organisation's primary values and the ethical rules employees are expected to follow,it would be instituting a program to: