Session 2 - Organizational Culture

Question 1

Features of this culture: Core values shared by the majority of members of an organization

Answer 1

Dominant culture

Question 2

Features of this culture: Mini-groups within an organization, typically defined by department and/or geography

Answer 2

Subculture

Question 3

Features of this culture: Intensely held, widely shared, energizing, appeals to higher ideals, values, and goals, shaping behaviour by communicating organizational priorities

Answer 3

Strong Culture

Question 4

Features of this culture: colaborate, flexible, internal

Answer 4

Clan culture

Question 5

Features of this culture: create, flexible, external

Answer 5

Entrepreneurial culture

Question 6

Features of this culture: control, stable, internal

Answer 6

Bureaucratic cutlure

Question 7

Features of this culture: compete, stable, external

Answer 7

Market culture

Question 8

Types of Organziational Culture (style)

Answer 8

• clan culture - collaborate, flexible, internal
• entrepreneurial - create, flexible, external
• bureaucratic culture - control, stable, internal
• market culture - compete, stable, external

Question 9

Types of Cultural Values

Answer 9

• Espoused Values (“talk”)
• Enacted Values (“walk”) - what is actually exhibited by employees
• Core Values (primary values which trump all other decision-making criteria)

Question 10

Organizational Cultures

Answer 10

• Dominant culture
• Subculture
• Strong culture

Question 11

Liabilities of a Strong Organizational Culture

Answer 11

• Creates resistance to change
• Acts as a barrier to diversity
• Increases difficulty in successfully managing mergers and acquisitions