Culture Flashcards

1
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Organizaitonal culture is often

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researched by an inside person

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2
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consits of values and assumptions shared withan an organization

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organizational culture

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3
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observable symbols an dsigns of the organizations culture

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Artifacts

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4
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values that are put into practice

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Enacted values

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5
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the beliefs that are unstated and unconscious. it’s often hard for those within the organization to explain them

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shared assumptions

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6
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what company leaders say represents the company’s values. what’s on the marketing

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espoused values

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7
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a model focused on internal focus and integration how much a flexible vs control focus

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Competing values model of culture

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8
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what is one of the most studied models in organizational culture

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Competing values model of culture

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9
Q

what is different between companies vs people when adapting to the culture

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companies tend to adapt to a new culture based on the environment. People tend to just go somewhere that it’s what they resonate with in terms of culture.

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10
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what culture has the strongest relationship with the outcomes of job satisfaction

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clan culture

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11
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a model with an axis of the speed of feedback vs the axis of high and low risks

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Dean and Kennedy model

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12
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4 types of culture in the Deal and Kennedy model

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tough guy macho, process, bet the company, work hard hard.

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13
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most companies have one culture

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false. most companies once big enough usually have subcultures

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14
Q

are shared assumptions hard to describe

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yes

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15
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what are the benefits of cultural strengths dependent on in model of culture

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whether culture fits the environment. The culture is adaptive. striking a happy medium between a strong and weak culture.

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16
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What are the uses of a strong culture

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a shared culture can hold the company together.

17
Q

what can half of all corporate mergers failures be attributed to

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cultures not meshing

18
Q

how to change the culture

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support the workforce, change rewards and recognitions, leaders should role model behavior.

19
Q

true or false culture is attributed to profits

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false

20
Q

true or false culture is attributed to companies failure or success

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true

21
Q

the process by
which individuals learn the values, and expected
behaviors, and social knowledge necessary to
assume their roles in the organization

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organaztional socializaiton

22
Q

socialization is made up of

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Attraction, selection, attrition

23
Q

what can happen if too many people join a company

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the company can fail, especially if the new people don’t have shared culture

24
Q

how to change the culture

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change systems and structures, change rewards, support the workforce

25
Q

it takes about this amount of time to make money off a college grad that a company just hired

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about 2 years

26
Q

if the values don’t fit

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the employees leave

27
Q

what happens in the screening, selection, and development stages of socialization

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test expectations and strengthen work relationships

28
Q

what happens in the assimilation, and accommodation. or attrition.

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higher motivation, higher satisfaction. less stress, lower turnover

29
Q

what does the Dean and Kennedy model of culture suggest

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the basis of culture is determined by the speed of feedback and the degree of risk which governs how a company will operate.