Exam 12: Organisational Culture

How do rituals help employees learn culture?

The end of the stage in entry socialisation when the employee has become comfortable is the:

Three forces play a particularly important part in sustaining culture: selection practices,promotion policies,and socialisation methods.

Discuss the difference between strong and weak cultures.

The Young Woman's Club of Williams has been operating for seventy- five years as an organisation which supports women who stay at home.This group has always held classes in cooking,sewing,and child rearing.The group has always been made up of upper middle class women from the small town of Williams.As the area has grown,many people have moved to Williams and commute to Capital City,just 15 miles away. The culture of the Young Woman's Club will be a liability if:

Dominant culture refers to the cultural attributes of the leading organisations in an industry.

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

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 time prior to entry to the organisation in which you learned business attitudes and behaviours is termed:

A strong organisational culture will exert more influence on employees than a weak one.

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

Culture creation occurs in all of the following ways except:

Strong cultures have a greater impact on employees' behaviour than weak cultures.

is a system of shared meaning held by the organisation's members that distinguishes the organisation from other organisations.

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

With the increase in globalisation and organisational cultures transcending national boundaries,the need to consider local culture has become less important.

Serial socialisation is characterised by role models who train and encourage the newcomer.

Strong cultures encourage individuality.

Employee attitudes and behaviour change and adjust to the job and organisation during the stage of socialisation.

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 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.