Organizational Culture - Organizational Studies & Business Operations
Practice questions to test your knowledge and improve your understanding.
Goffee and Jones argue that the two dimensions that underlie organizational culture are sociability and solidarity. High sociability people will:
A strong culture exists when it has ___________ and __________.
Engineers is the group that focuses on _____ systems to support the work of operations.
In which entry socialization option would role models be deliberately withheld?
The taken for granted notions of how something should be in an organization are called:
Stories are the shared meanings and values representing the _____
Enacted Values are the values that are acted out.
Ethical Climate refers to the _____
Organizational Culture is the pattern of basic assumptions, that a given group has invented, discovered, or developed in learning to cope with its problems of_____
Clan Control occurs when shared _____ govern how people interact socially.
The ultimate source of an organization′s culture is:
A common perception held by the organization′s members; a system of shared meaning is referred to as:
Climcult means _____ work together to influence how people experience their work environment.
Bureaucratic Control means when legitimate authority governs _____ interactions.
Employees who have worked their way up organizational career ladders and are financially responsible to their board of directors and shareholders are known as_____
_____ is the correct statement about Language.
Pre Entry occurs from the time someone is offered the job to when they _____
According to the socialization process, the stage when a new employee adjusts to his/her work group′s values and norms is called:
Market Control exists when _____ determine how social interactions between people are formed.
The ability to transfer the demands of the market into organizational actions is known as_____
Involvement means building _____
____ is the set of key values, beliefs, and attitudes shared by members of an organization.
Organizational Socialization is defined as the process an organization utilizes to ensure that new members acquire necessary_____ and skills to become productive organizational members.
The key characteristic of organizational culture that assesses the degree to which organizational activities emphasize maintaining the status quo in contrast to growth is:
Level of agreement in perceptions about the organization and work environment among employees is known as_____
The process of adapting to the organizational culture where one works is called _____.
When a person transforms from a new employee to an established contributor who is valued and trusted by other members of the organization it is called_____
Operators are the line managers and employees who are involved in _____
Entry refers to when a new member ____ work.
Defining values and subsystems that are the basis of a strong culture refers to_____
Mission means defining the _____ direction for the organization.
Today, the role of culture in influencing employee behaviour seems to:
______are cultures that form around geographic or organizational units in a company.
A strong organizational culture increases behavioural consistency and, therefore, can act as a substitute for:
A communal culture is best described as one where people:
Espoused Values are the values that are not stated.
The ____ is the set of key values, beliefs, and attitudes shared by members of an organization.
Organizational Anticipatory Socialization is the process an individual goes through as they attempt to find an organization to join.
The dominant culture is:
The Mary Kay annual award meeting publicly recognizes outstanding sales performance and reinforces the key values of the organization and its goals, thus it is considered a:
If you possess good social skills and empathy and like to forge close relationships, you are cut out for this type of culture:
Symbols means sharing of knowledge through access and exposure to _____
Onboarding is the process of welcoming and orienting new organizational members to facilitate their adjustment to the _____
The force(s) that play a part in sustaining a culture include all of the following except:
If there is a basic conflict between the individual′s expectations and the organization′s expectations, the employee is most likely to be disillusioned and quit during which stage?
_____ is a form of social action in which a group’s values and identity are publicly demonstrated or enacted in a stylized manner, within the context of a specific occasion or event”.