Org Culture

Question 1

what is organizational culture

Answer 1

how work gets done

Question 2

7 key characteristics of Org . Culture

Answer 2

1. Innovation and Risk Taking 2. Attention to Detail 3. Outcome Orientation 4. People Orientation 5. Team Orientation 6. Aggressiveness 7. Stability

Question 3

difference bwteen strong and weak cultures

Answer 3

string cultures hare inteszely held and widely shared

Question 4

Culture can substitute for formalization

Answer 4

increase behavioral consistency through expectations and not rules

Question 5

functions of corp. culture

Answer 5

defines an org’s priorites (distinguises it from other firms), sense of identity, facilitates committment to common goals, socail stability standards, guides attitudes

Question 6

down sides of corp culture

Answer 6

barrier to change, barrrier to diversity, barrier to acquisitions and mkergers

Question 7

How doe you start cultue

Answer 7

starts with founder and founder’s hiring of ppl like them,perpetuate with indocrination

Question 8

how do you keep a culture alive

Answer 8

hire ppl that will contribute and buy into the culture, top management lives it, socialization of new hires

Question 9

4 steps of Socialization

Answer 9

1)Pre-Arrival Stage (expectations formed) 2) Encounter Stage (expectations compared to reality) 3) Metamorphasis (you change) 4) Completion (you internalize the norms and become valued by the peers

Question 10

Intense Socialization Programs

Answer 10

Formal, Divestiture, collective, planned activities

Question 11

Moderate Socialization Programs

Answer 11

informal, investiture (group accepts you), no timeline, one on one (great for fostering innovation)

Question 12

4 Ways Employees learn culture

Answer 12

Stories, Rituals, Material Symbols, Language