Exam 15: Organizational Culture and Innovation

Subcultures often arise from the type of technology deployed by the units,the specific function being performed,and the specific collection of specialists in the unit.

Which step in the innovation process focuses on producing and marketing a new product or service,or on implementing a new approach to operations?

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate with respect to organizational myths?

Often,the language of a subculture,and its rituals and rites,emerge from the group as a form of jargon.

In step one of Taylor Cox's five-step program for developing the multicultural organization,the organization should develop pluralism with the objective of multi-based socialization.

Which step in the innovation process focuses on creating an idea through spontaneous creativity,ingenuity,and information processing?

Societal cultures may actually be __________ into organizations.

Observable culture that is the first level of cultural analysis,refers to the way things are done in a particular organization.

A new study has indicated that __________ rather than national policy makes the biggest difference with radical product innovation.

__________ deals with the creation of a collective identity and with finding ways of working and living together.

Idea creation,initial experimentation,feasibility determination,and final application are the basic steps in a typical process of organizational innovation.

__________ involves reaching goals and dealing with outsiders.

__________ deals with the creation of a collective identity and with finding ways of working and living together.

"How do members resolve the daily problems associated with living and working together?" is a cultural question pertaining to the survival issue of __________.

A firm's __________ is the system of shared actions,values,and beliefs that develops within the organization and guides the behavior of its members.

An organization with a "strong culture" possesses a broadly and deeply shared value system that can provide a strong corporate identity,enhance collective commitment,provide a stable social system,and reduce the need for formal and bureaucratic controls.

__________ are groups of individuals with a unique pattern of values and a philosophy that is not consistent with the organization's dominant values and philosophy.

To work together effectively,individuals need to do which of the following?

Rituals are embellished heroic accounts of the story of the founding of an organization.

To begin understanding an organization's culture,it is often easiest to start with __________.