Exam 16: Organizational Culture

If there is a basic conflict between the individual's expectations and the reality of working in an organization, the employee is most likely to be disillusioned and quit during the ________ stage of socialization.

Art-Is-Us claims to be a spiritual organization. Company employees are encouraged to show kindness toward others. Employees are treated with esteem and value and supported for their creativity and flexibility. While the organization values profits, its purpose is to spread the pleasure of art to as many people as possible. Which of the following is not one of the cultural characteristics commonly found in spiritual organizations?

________ refers to the shared perceptions organizational members have about their organization and work environment.

Aggressiveness is one of the seven primary characteristics of organizational culture that capture the essence of an organization's culture. It indicates the degree to which employees are encouraged to be innovative and take risks.

In ________ organizations, the lack of frequent face-to-face contact makes establishing a common set of norms very difficult.

A positive organizational culture emphasizes building on employee strengths, rewards more than it punishes, and emphasizes individual vitality and growth.

Alcoa headquarters has few individual offices, even for senior executives. The space is essentially made up of cubicles, common areas, and meeting rooms. This informality conveys to employees that Alcoa values ________.

Serial socialization is characterized by the use of role models who train and encourage a newcomer.

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

Cultures that tend to develop in large organizations to reflect common problems or experiences faced by the members in the same department or location are often called ________.

Compare and contrast dominant culture and subculture.

A culture that expresses the core values that are shared by a majority of the organization's members is known as a(n)________ culture.

Big data is an effective decision aid only when it's paired with a consistent and thoughtful culture, one that acknowledges the need for human decision making and individual judgments.

The more management relies on formal, collective, sequential, fixed, and serial socialization programs and emphasizes divestiture, the more likely newcomers' differences will be stripped away and replaced by standardized predictable behaviors.

Provide examples of how an ethical culture can be transmitted through stories, rituals, and material symbols.

By the end of the ________ stage of socialization, the new members internalize and accept the norms of the organization and their work group, are confident in their competence, and feel trusted and valued by their peers.

Aggressiveness, innovation, and risk taking are called the ________ of the culture at the Rogue Vogue Corp.

During the socialization process, to work out any problems discovered during the encounter stage, the new member changes or goes through the ________ stage.

What are the various ways in which the organizational culture can be transmitted to the employees?

Stability is one of the seven primary characteristics that capture the essence of an organization's culture. It indicates the degree to which ________.