Quiz 2 Flashcards
_____ is a narrative based on true event that is repeated frequently and shared by organizational employees.
Story
A high-performance culture is based on
- Individual employee ownership of organization’s cultural backbone.
- Solid organizational mission.
- Individual employee ownership of bottom-line results.
- Shared adaptive values.
The _____ dimension of the general environment includes federal, state, and local government regulations.
Legal-political
The set of key values, beliefs, understandings, and norms shared by members of an organization is
Corporate culture
Symbols, stories, and heroes are important because they
Communicate the significant values of an organization
_____ is(are) included in an organization’s task environment.
Suppliers
_____ are associated with surface level of organizational culture.
Manners of dress
_____ includes all elements existing outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect the organization.
Organizational environment
When two or more organizations combine to become one, it is referred to as a:
Merger
Which dimension of the general environment represents the demographic characteristics, norms, customs, and values of the population within which the organization operates?
Sociocultural dimension
Many organizations are adapting to the environment by developing more of a(n) _____ relationship rather than a(n) _____ relationship with competitors.
Partnership, adversarial
Companies can reduce boundaries and increase collaboration with other organizations by creating
Interorganizational partnerships
The adaptability culture emerges in an environment that requires _____ response and _____ decision making.
Fast; high-risk
Heroes are important to an organization due to the fact that they
- Exemplify key values of the organization.
- Exemplify a strong corporate culture.
- Serve as examples to other employees.
The ___ environment affects organizations directly.
Task
The involvement culture has a(n) _____ focus on the involvement and participation of employees to rapidly meet changing needs from the environment.
Internal
Considering an organization’s culture, an object, act, or event that conveys meaning to others is referred to as a
Symbol
Which of these means that managers do not have sufficient information about environmental factors to understand and predict environmental needs and changes?
Uncertainty
The consistency culture has a(n) _____ focus and an orientation for a _____ environment.
Internal, stable
What would be considered a visual representation(s) of a company’s corporate culture?
- All department heads have an executive office.
- Each department has an award plaque for employee of the month.
- All employees are dressed in professional business attire.
- Top level executives drive company owned sports car.
