Exam 16: Organizational Culture

Senior executives establish norms that filter down through the organization as to whether risk taking is desirable.

HUP corporation discussed the economic downturn with all of the employees and offered them the option to have the entire corporation reduce their hours to a part time status, or force management to reduce the staff by fifteen percent. Management allowed the employees to vote on the best method, and they chose to go part time. HUP is engaging in ________, a common element of a spiritual organization.

In the socialization process, the period of learning that occurs before a new employee joins an organization is termed the encounter stage.

High formalization in an organization creates all of the following except ________.

Individuals with different backgrounds in an organization will tend to describe the organization's culture in similar terms.

When looking at an e-mail from one of her project managers, Patricia noticed that the e-mail was sent at nine-thirty in the evening. The next day she personally went to the employee's cubicle and told him how much she appreciated him staying late to get the project to the client on time. Which aspect of creating a positive organizational culture is Patricia utilizing?

Javier is starting a job for an advertising agency as a graphic designer. He is highly creative. Which of the following socialization options would be least effective in Javier's cultural socialization process?

Which of the following is not a common cultural characteristic evident in a spiritual organization?

The process through which employees are adapted to an organization's culture is called ________.

When can culture be a liability?

A strong culture can be a liability for an organization.

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

________ help(s) employees understand the history and past actions of an organization, and make the current organizational culture more legitimate.

You are new to an organization and do not really know what to expect about the socialization 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. Your hiring process includes campus interviews, a day-long trip to interview at the company, an offer phone call and letter, and some promotional material sent via the mail. When you arrive for your first day of work, you spend half a day in an orientation session with Human Resources, where you complete paperwork and receive a company handbook. Then you spend the rest of the day with your supervisor, who gives you a tour, introduces you to your co-workers, and explains your first project. After that, you begin working and getting to know the others in the company. You find that in most respects, your experience fits your expectations, but in some ways you are surprised by realities that you hadn't expected. None of these surprises is too difficult to accept, so you eventually begin to feel at home and happy with your new job. -Which of the following steps could your supervisor take to best help you develop a commitment to your new company?

Culture performs all the following functions except ________.

Which of the following represents a core value of the college?

Elsa joined her new law firm expecting to have a part in exciting environmental law cases, and cutting edge research. After one month at the firm she still hasn't been assigned a case and spends most of her time filing standardized appeals for title disputes with insurance companies. In which stage of the socialization process is Elsa?

Top management has a major impact on the organization's culture through ________.

The unanimity of a strong culture contributes to all of the following except ________.

All of the following are examples of rituals except ________.