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EXAM 2, General Flashcards

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What is a symbol?

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Symbols are things that can be experienced with the senses and used by organization members to make meaning?

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Can organizational members make meaning of OC through symbols?

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Yes

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3 strategies that help analyze symbols?

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  1. Recognize the symbols in a specific context
  2. Unravel members interpretations in this context
  3. Verify the reliability of these interpretations across multiple members
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What are 2 cautions when analyzing symbols?

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Symbols may differ between people
The meanings given to a symbol by the researcher might be different than the meanings of the symbol by Organizational Members

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What are the 4 functions of symbols in OC?

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  1. Reflect shared values or assumptions
  2. Influence values and norms
  3. A frame about experience
  4. Integration,
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What is the definition of “Semiotics”?

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The study of signs or systems of signs, semiotics concerns the principles by which signification occurs. (study of how communication is possible)

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What is the definition of a “Sign”?

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Something that can be interpreted as having meaning, which is something other than itself, which is able to communicate information. (Left foot print on the moon)

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What is the definition for “Denotation”?

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Refers to the literal meaning of a word, the “Dictionary Definition”

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What is the definition for “Connotation?”

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Refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word. (Ex - The connotation for the word snake could include evil or danger)

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Metonymy

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A quality or aspect standing for the entity of which it is attributed

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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What is a “artifact”?

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A tangible, observable entity. (See, Touch, Smell, Taste) (Example - The honor Code at CU. It is observable in multiple classrooms)

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What are the 4 Activities of interpretation and expression in OC?

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  1. Negotiating Order
  2. Expressing Difference
  3. Socializing new members - (Example - in police culture, we can point out rookies, and older members of the culture. and the older members can change the new people)
  4. Disciplining members
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What is a practice?

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Generic and routine dimensions of communication acts. Communication is shaped by the culture of the organization. (Example - “Was that a threat?” “Yah Girl”)

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What are 5 different types of symbols?

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  • Objects
  • Settings

-Persons (Type of person, old,
yound, skin color)

  • Events - (Rituals, Annual holiday parties)
  • Conditions - (Other things that are stimulating in natural environment. like a fan that is on, in the background.
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What are the three strategies of analyzing symbols?

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  • Description
  • Consider the relationship between the meaning of symbols
  • Focus on Functions
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What is is semiotics?

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Assumes that sign systems generate meaning based on relationships of similarity and differences.

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What are the 5 key terms and principles of “Symiotics?

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  1. Sign
  2. Signifier
  3. Signified
  4. Denotative and connotative meanings
  5. Text
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What is a “Code”?

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A set of rules for combining substituting signs

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What are the two types of “Codes”?

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  1. Pragmatic Code

2. Syntagmatic Code

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What is a “Pragmatic Code”?

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If two signs exist in the same category, they can be substituted for each other. (EX - a gift for a teacher that got tinier)

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What is a “Syntagmatic Code”?

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Represents how signs could be combined in sequence. (Its a retirement party, for someone you worked with for years. You understand that things should happen in a specific sequence, and there is a right order of a “beginning, middle end”.)

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What are the 3 domains of signs that funeral homes do?

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  1. Posing Dead Bodies - Make the body look peaceful, so the person doesn’t look like he or she is in pain.
  2. Furnishings in the funeral home - Designed to make you feel assured and comfortable
  3. Removal of dead bodies - Don’t Drop the Body!

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