Exam 12: Organisational Culture

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

In contrasting organisational culture with job satisfaction,the former while the latter .

Eddie is the senior executive of a large toy company.In recent months,the ethics of the company have been questioned by the media because of the number faulty toys that have been sold.An investigation of the cause revealed that employees were only concerned with meeting the quota and quite frequently did not run quality control checks on the toys,despite company regulations.Eddie believes that the long- term solution is to create a more ethical culture within the organisation. Based on the guidelines to create an ethical culture suggested in the text,which of the following is not an example of an appropriate action:

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:

The traditional source of an organisation's culture is from:

To create a more ethical culture,management should do all of the following except:

Give several examples of how organisational culture is affected in a global context.

What can management do to create a more ethical culture?

Organisational culture is a set of key characteristics that the organisation values.

To create a more ethical culture,performance appraisals of managers should include a point- by- point evaluation of how his or her decisions measured against the organisation's code of ethics.

Which of the following is not a stage of the socialisation process?

Which does not define a subculture?

The degree to which employees are encouraged to be innovative and take risks is termed aggressiveness.

The degree to which organisational activities emphasise maintaining the status quo in contrast to growth is termed stability.

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

are repetitive sequences of activities that express and reinforce the key values of the organisation,what goals are important,which people are important,and which are expendable.

Culture performs all the following functions except:

Nunya is a computer software company that employs highly intelligent,but somewhat unusual people.Every Friday,free lollipops are given out to encourage employees to remember how creative they were when they were children.At the beginning of each quarterly executive meeting,employees are reminded that the founders were three young people who "got lucky" and sold a video game that they invented.Employees are allowed to dress in blue jeans and can set their own working hours. Lollipop day is an example of a:

Which of the following is not a potent form by which culture is transmitted to employees?

Culture increases ambiguity for employees.