Organizational Culture Flashcards

Sustainability is also referred to as:

What are the four functions of organizational culture?

One mechanism for creating culture change in an organization is changing the firm's ___ because they are easy to recall and perpetuate.

Because employees with unrealistic expectations are more likely to quit their jobs, firms may want to use ___ ___ ___ to aid employees in their expectations of a job.

One way to perpetuate a firm's culture is to:

What are formal statements in an organization about?

What does the Competing Values Framework help managers to do?

The second level of organizational culture is ____ ____.

Why are specialized languages such as slogans and acronyms useful for culture change?

The process by which a person learns the values, norms, and required behaviors which permit him to participate as a member of the organization is called:

Select the important characteristics of organizational culture:

The values that employees actually exhibit based on their observations and what occurs on a daily basis are called: ___ ___.

What is the process of forming and maintaining an intensive and lasting developmental relationship between a variety of developers and a junior person called?

Select the mechanisms for changing organizational culture.

Edgar Schein outlines 12 of the most potent mechanisms for changing organizational ____.

The planned and unplanned activities and ceremonies that are used to celebrate important events or achievements are called ___ and ___.

Because they are meaningful and visible, ___ ___ are considered one of the strongest ways to embed organizational culture.

Select the mechanisms for changing organizational culture.

The physical manifestation of an organization's culture is referred to as:

Organizational values that have become so taken for granted over time that they become assumptions that guide organizational behavior are called:

What information would be important to a manager who wanted to foster an adhocracy culture?

How might a manager reinforce an adhocracy culture using workflow and organizational structure?

The ____ and ____ phase of the organizational socialization process requires employees to master important tasks and roles and to adjust their work group's values and norms.

The phase of organizational socialization that occurs before an individual actually joins an organization is ____ socialization.

Companies are using electronic _____ as a tool to promote different types of cultures.

Select internal processes influenced by organizational culture.

Leaders can send a strong message about acceptable norms and behaviors by paying special attention to what they can measure such as:

The competing values framework teaches us that companies with a ____ culture tend to have more positive organizational outcomes, but financial performance is not strongly related to organizational ____.

What kinds of emotions tend to travel faster and farther within an organization?

The three phases in Daniel Feldman's Organizational Socialization model are:

Programs that help employees to integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs is called:

Companies with a(n) ____ culture have an internal focus and value flexibility rather than stability control.

Which of the following often determine the development of subcultures?

Companies with a(n) ____ culture have an external focus and value flexibility.

Companies with a(n) ____ culture have a strong external focus and value stability and control.

Why might a company choose an open office layout?

The extent to which your personality and values match the climate and culture in an organization is called:

Which forms of language help reinforce characteristics of a desired culture?

Which of the following best reflect companies with a hierarchy culture?

What term refers to the measure of compatibility between your personality and values and the climate and culture of an organization?

Which of the following can be a good strategy for improving your level of fit?

Why do some companies emphasize role modeling, training, and coaching programs?

Certain organizational ____ types reflect opposing core values.

Select the statements that are true regarding culture and change.

A firm with a(n) _____ culture is more likely to develop reliable internal processes, extensive measurement, and implement a variety of control mechanisms.

When the work environment is perceived as positive and reinforcing, a firm's culture is said to promote ____ ____ stability.

Two lessons from the competing values framework are that organizational culture is related to measures of organizational _____ and employees are more satisfied and committed to firms with a _____ culture.

When employees understand why the firm does what it does and how it intends to accomplish its long-term goals, the culture is said to be helping members:

Select career functions of mentoring.

Which of the following are characteristic of companies with a market culture?

Why is it important to understand that some cultures reflect opposing core values?

Which term refers to a person's productive potential, based on knowledge, skills, and experiences?

Select the three levels of organizational culture.

Culture provides employees with an organizational:

One lesson from the competing values framework is that innovation and quality can be increased by building characteristics associated with which of the following cultures?

Companies with a(n) ___ culture have a strong external focus and value stability and control.

The idea that culture facilitates ___ ___ is exemplified when Southwest Airlines employees all deliver customer service with warmth, friendliness, and individual pride.

A(n) ____ represents a long-term goal that describes what an organization wants to become, and a(n) ___ ___ outlines an organization's long-term goals and the actions necessary to achieve those goals.

Select applications of socialization research.

Select all that can be impacted by organizational cultures.

Which term refers to the productive potential of relationships, goodwill, trust, and cooperative effort?

Which of the following are included in the four phases of mentoring?

Select the psychosocial functions of mentoring.

Select implications of social networking systems.

Select implications of social networking systems (2).