24 Questions
Organizational culture always leads to improved productivity and job satisfaction.
False
Organizational culture promotes standardization in various systems and sub-systems, reducing role conflicts among employees.
True
Organizational culture always promotes risk-sharing and generates novel ideas.
False
Organizational culture always gives members a sense of togetherness and common purpose.
False
Organizational culture always facilitates collective commitment and provides a shared pattern of feelings to organizational members.
False
Organizational culture always promotes system stability by encouraging lasting cooperation among members and enhancing social stability.
False
Organizational culture always shapes behavior by helping members make sense of their surroundings through shared meaning and values.
False
Organizational culture always provides a boundary, creating a distinction between one organization and another and guiding and shaping the attitude and behavior of members.
False
Organizational culture always helps members conform to expected modes of behavior, ensuring consistency.
False
Organizational culture fosters formal communication and professionalism among employees, leading to improved productivity and job satisfaction.
True
Organizational culture always promotes standardization in various systems and sub-systems, reducing role conflicts among employees.
True
Organizational culture always becomes a people's organization that promotes risk-sharing and generates novel ideas.
False
Culture is inborn and not developed over time.
False
Organizational culture is based on a set of fundamental norms and values.
True
Culture is not influenced by internal and external factors.
False
Organizational culture is not taught to new members.
False
Organizational culture does not impact employee performance.
False
Culture promotes work culture within an organization.
True
Culture is not related to the achievement of equality among staff.
False
Culture is not a pattern of basic assumptions.
False
Culture is not learned to cope with problems of external adoption and internal integration.
False
Culture is not shared attitudes and perceptions in an organization.
False
According to Edgar Schein, culture is not considered valuable.
False
Wagner III and Hollenbeck define culture as not helping members understand the organization.
False
Study Notes
Understanding Organizational Culture and Its Functions
- Organizational culture develops professionalism and promotes formal communication, leading to improved productivity and job satisfaction.
- It promotes standardization in various systems and sub-systems, reducing role conflicts among employees.
- Organizational culture becomes a people's organization that promotes risk-sharing and generates novel ideas.
- Organizational culture gives members a sense of togetherness and common purpose, as exemplified by Starbucks' employee-focused culture.
- It facilitates collective commitment and provides a shared pattern of feelings to organizational members.
- Organizational culture promotes system stability by encouraging lasting cooperation among members and enhancing social stability.
- It shapes behavior by helping members make sense of their surroundings through shared meaning and values.
- It provides a boundary, creating a distinction between one organization and another and guiding and shaping the attitude and behavior of members.
- Organizational culture helps members conform to expected modes of behavior, ensuring consistency, as seen in Apple's culture of secrecy and maximum benefit from human resources.
- It fosters formal communication and professionalism among employees, leading to improved productivity and job satisfaction.
- It promotes standardization in various systems and sub-systems, reducing role conflicts among employees.
- Organizational culture becomes a people's organization that promotes risk-sharing and generates novel ideas.
Test your knowledge of organizational culture and its functions with this quiz. Explore how organizational culture impacts productivity, communication, standardization, and employee satisfaction. Understand how it fosters togetherness, collective commitment, and behavior shaping within an organization.
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