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Corporate culture is also known as what?
"1. Organizational culture 2. Organizational structure 3. Human resource practices 4. Organizational phenomenon
" What does span of control mean?
"1. Refers to the number of people reporting directly to a given manager. 2. Controlling the time employees spend working 3. Refers to the amount of new employees hired in a given span of time 4. A rule implemented by managers to limit company fraud
" What consist of all the activities an organization uses to manage its human capital, including staffing, appraising and training?
"A - Organizational Structure B - Corporate culture C - Human resource practices D - Strategic implementation
The (blank) unifies employees or members and gives everyone an understanding of the organizations reason for being?
"A) Division of labor B) Common Purpose C) Coordinated Effort D) Flat Organization
" A _________ structure has authority centralized in a single person, a flat hierarchy, few rules, and low work specialization.
"A) Functional B) Divisional C) Simple D) Matrix
Which of these is not one of the three levels of organizational culture?
"A) Observable Artifacts B) Espoused Values C) Basic Assumptions D) Macrocultures
" What is the definition of a functional structure?
"A) The first type of organizational structure, whereby an organization has authority centralized in a single person, as well as a flat hierarchy, few rules, and low work specialization B) The second type of organizational structure, whereby people with similar occupational specialties are put together in formal groups C)The third type of organizational structure, whereby people with diverse occupational specialties are put together in formal groups according to products and/or services, customers and/or clients, or geographic regions D) Fourth type of organizational structure, which combines functional and divisional chains of command in a grid so that there are two command structures—vertical and horizontal
" ______ represent core, taken-for-granted, unobservable aspects of an organization's culture.
"A)Basic assumptions B)Enacted values C)Espoused values D)Observable artifacts
" Who proposed the four major features of organizations?
"A)Edgar Schein B)Frederick Taylor C) frank gilbreth D)Charles Clinton
Culture is transmitted to employees in several way, which is not one of the ways?
"A)Symbol B)Stories C)Heroes D)Myths
" Organizations vary according to how many features?
"A. 7 B.3 C.5 D.2
" What is organizational culture?
"A. A set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions a group holds and that determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its environment B. Formal system of task and reporting relationships C. All activities used to manage human capital D. Helping new employees
Which type of culture can be described by the following? "Has an internal focus and values flexibility rather than stability and control.
"A. Adhocracy Culture B. Market Culture C. Clan Culture D. Hierarchy Culture
" Which of the four major features of an organization is described by "unifying employees and giving everyone an understanding of the organization's reason for being"?
"A. Common Purpose B. Coordinated Effort C. Division of Labor D. Hierarchy of Authority
" Which of the four features of an organization is the means for unifying members?
"A. Coordinated Effort B. Division of Labor C. Hierarchy of Authority D. Common Purpose
" What is not a part of organizational culture?
"A. Culture B. Structure C. HR Practices D. Marketing
One way to embed preferred culture is to create (or alter) existing ______ statements of organizational philosophy, mission, vision, and values, as well as materials to use for recruiting, selecting, and socializing employees.
"A. Formal B. Slogans C. Rewards D. Organizational
Which of the following is NOT one of the 8 types of organizational structure?
"A. Horizontal B. Modular C. Matrix D. Diagonal
" Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of decentralized authority?
"A. Important decisions are made by higher-level managers B. Managers are encouraged to solve their own problems C. Decisions are made by middle-level managers D. The organization's flexibility and efficiency is increased through quick decision-making
" Where can you usually find evidence of an organization's espoused values?
"A. On the organization's website B. In the organization's tax report C. In the organization's office D. On the organizations balance sheet
______ is defined as the set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that it determines how it perceives, thinks about and reacts to its various environments.
"A. Organizational Culture B. Organizational Structure C. Human Resource Practices D. Group and Social Processes
" A formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates an organization's members so that they can work together to achieve the organization's goals is called:
"A. Organizational structure B. Human resource practices C. Leadership D. Organizational culture
" The way top managers respond to critical incidents and organizational crises is which kind of mechanism for changing culture?
"A. Rites and Rituals B. Role Model, training, and coaching C. Measurable and Controlling Activities D. Leader Reactions to Crises
" What is the better organizational hierarchy for a manufacturing company with lots of assembly line workers?
"A. Tall B. Narrow C. Flat / Wide D. Tight
" What are enacted values?
"A. The values and norms actually exhibited in the organization B. The explicitly stated values and norms preferred by an organization C. Deeply held beliefs or values D. Is defined as the process by which people learn the values, norms, and required behaviors that permit them to participate as members of an organization
" HR is which of the following?
"A. Who reports to whom and who does what B.How the organization manages its talent C. Who takes the leadership roles D. Who is assigned to each project
" What is common purpose?
"A. what we all work for. B. Something that brings us together. C. The measure of Unifying of member's. D. The good of everyone.
" What is an object or action that represents an idea or quality
"A.Symbol B.stories C.Heroes D.Rites and Rituals
Which one of these is not apart of the Traditional Designs?
"A: Simple B: Easy C: Functional D: Matrix Structure
" What are the values and norms that are explicitly stated and preferred by an organization?
"A: Wanted Values B: Enacted Values C: Presented Values D: Espoused Values
" Which is NOT one of the major features of organizations proposed by Schein?
"Coordinated effort Hierarchy of command Common purpose Division of labor
" Leadership creates alignment between all of these EXCEPT:
"Culture Structure HR Practices Management
" What values represent the values and norms actually exhibited in the organization?
"Enacted espoused basic ritual
" Which of the following is not one of the three organizational levels?
"Observable Artifacts Espoused Values Basic Assumptions Physical Manifestations
Organizational culture is sometimes also known as?
"a) Corporate culture b) Organizational structure c) HR practices d) Long-term goals
" Haines is a new employee at Cereal INC. He was assigned a transitional coach to welcome him and help him become familiar with the company. The transitional coach is helping with
"a) Organizational Socialization b) rites and rituals c) the job interview d) Employee Observation
What is not a way to change organizational culture?
"a)rumors about what the managers want b) formal emails about the new rules c)a coaching program d) a new slogan representing a new value
" Which of the following is NOT one of the four major features of organization?
"a. Common Purpose b. Coordinated Effort c. Division of Labor d. Inclusion of All
" The third and "deepest" level of organizational culture is __________, which represent the unobservable yet core values of an organization's culture.
"a. Espoused values b. Unobservable artifacts c. Organizational socialization d. Basic assumptions
Which process of culture change involves planned and unplanned activities and ceremonies?
"a. Formal Statements b. Stories, Legends, and myths c. Rewards, titles, promotions, and bonuses d. Rites and Rituals
What is a story in management?
"a. a narrative about an actual event that happened within the organization and that helps to symbolize its vision and values to its employees b. an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment c. an account of past events in someone's life or in the evolution of something. d. a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question
" The three levels of Organization culture is Basic assumptions, espoused values and ____
"a. observable artifact b. major values c. dress awareness d. rite culture
" What are the 3 levels of organizational culture?
"a. observable artifacts, espoused values, and basic assumptions b. symbols, stories, and espoused values c. observable artifacts, rites and rituals, and stories d. basic assumptions, heroes, and organizational socialization
" what is a hollow structure
"a. the organization has a central core of key functions and outsources the other functions to vendors b. a frim assembles products chunks, or modules provide by outside contractors c. team based design that are used to improved collaboration and work on shared tasks d. flouid, highly adaptive organization whose members, linked by information technology, come together to collaborate on common tasks
" What is known as the "social glue" that binds members of the organization together through shared understanding?
"a. work relationships b. culture c. structure d. leadership
" Which type of culture has an internal focus and puts on emphasis on flexibility rather than stability and control
"a.) Clan Culture b.) Adhocracy Culture c.) Market Culture d.) Hierarchy Culture
" which of the following is an example of an observable artifact in organizational culture?
"a.vision statement b. dress c. symbols d. stories
Culture is learned through 5 different points. This example highlights what point: Thunberg inspired a week-long school strike that brought together 6 million people around the world in a unified plea for climate change legislation. She addressed numerous groups including U.N. Climate Action Summit and the U.S Congress.
"b. Stories c. Symbols d. Rites and Rituals
" A direct materials budget is prepared...
"before the production requirements have been computed after the production requirements have been computed before the first order has been placed by doubling the beginning inventory
What does TRAIL stand for?
1. Teamwork, respect, accountability, integrity, leadership 2. Teamwork, respect, accessibility, intelligence, leadership 3. Togetherness, respect, accountability, integrity, leadership 4. Teamwork, respect, accessibility, integrity, leadership
" What is a narrative about an actual event that happened within the organization?
A) legend B) myth C) story D) formal statement
" Which of these describes an observable artifact?
A. Awards B. Mission Statement C. Espoused Values D. Organizational Socialization
" In Chapter 8, you were told you can think of an Organization's culture as three strands tightly woven on a single rope. These "strands' include which of the following?
A. Culture B. Structure C. HR Practices D. All of the Above
Changing the layout of an office would be which culture change?
A. Formal statements, B. Physical design, C. rites and rituals, D. Stories, legends, myths
The part of an organization chat that shows different jobs or work assignments is called?
A. Horizontal Specialization
" What are activities and ceremonies, planned and unplanned, that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments in the organization's life.
A. Symbol B. Stories C. Heroes D. Rites and Rituals
Changing culture requires Using ________
A. Using Multiple levers
Which term best describes the expectation that managers must report and justify work results to managers above them?
Accountability
________ describes expectation that managers must report and justify work results to the managers above them.
Accountability
Being (blank) means you have the responsibility to perform assigned tasks
Accountable
Questions (Duplicates included)
Answers provided
" There are twleve ways a culture becomes established in an organization - and therefore twelve levers for culture change. Which lever aims to change organizational culture via company language, slogans, sayings, and acronyms?
B. Slogans and Sayings
__________ represent core and unobservable aspects of an organization's culture that are taken for granted.
Basic assumptions
" Which of the following are not one of the three levels of organizational culture?
Basic assumptions, espoused values, observable artifacts, Norms
A system of shared beliefs and values that develops within an organization and guides the behavior of its members is called organizational ___________.
Culture
Organizational _ is defined as a set of shared, taken for granted implicit assumptions that a group hold and determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its various enviorments
Culture
_____ is transmitted to employees in symbols, stories, heroes, rites, and rituals, and organizational socialization.
Culture
_____ is the process of assigning managerial authority and responsibilities to lower level workers.
Delegation
The third organizational structure is ______.
Divisional
_______ ______ are values and norms actually exhibited in the organization.
Enacted values
" Which of the following is not a process to culture change
Formal Statements, Physical Design, Measurable and Controllable Activities, New Managment Change
(____) defines an object, act, quality, or event that conveys meaning to others?
Symbol
A _______ is an object, act, quality, or event that conveys meaning to others
Symbol
An organization is a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of ____ or more people.
Two or 2
Which of the following is not a level of organizational culture?
a) Observable artifacts b) Rites and Rituals c) Espoused Values d) Basic Assumptions
" Decisions being made at a faster pace, increasing flexibility and efficiency is an advantage of what type of authority?
a) accountable authority b) decentralized authority c) organizational authority d) centralized authority
" All of the following are levels of organizational culture EXCEPT
a) complex assumptions b) observable artifacts c) espoused values d) basic assumptions
What are the four major features of organizations?
a. common purpose, coordinated effort, division of labor, and hierarchy of authority, b. common purpose, span of control, division of labor, and hierarchy of authority c. span of control, coordinated effort, division of labor, and authority, d. span of control, hierarchy of purpose, division of labor, and authority
" which of the following would have the highest rank in an organization
a. director of accounting b. executive medical director c. president. d. board of directors
In organizational socialization, the ______ phase happens once the employee understands her/his work role and now must master the necessary skills and tasks and learn to adjust to the work group's values and norms.
anticipatory, change and acquisition, systems and procedures, encounter
Organizational ___________ is defined as the set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its various environments.
culture
In organizational socialization, the ______ phase takes place when a person is first hired and comes to learn what the organization is really like and how to adjust her/his expectations
encounter
In organizational culture, the second level consists of ________ values.
espoused
A system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more people is an?
group, company, organization, manager
Organizational culture appears in three levels. Level 1 is ________ __________
observable artifacts
The extent to which your personality and values match the climate and culture in an organization is referred to as person-______ fit.
organization
__________ culture is defined as the set of shared, taken for granted implicit assumptions that a group holds
organizational
" In a ________ ________, an organization combines functional and divisional chains of command in a grid so that there are two command structures - vertical and horizontal.
product structure , functional structure , hollow structure
An organization is a group of people who work together to achieve some specific _______.
purpose
The formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates an organization's members to achieve the company's goals is called the organizational ___
structure
___________ is the most visible level of organizational culture
Observable artifacts
What is defined as the set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its various environments?
Organizational Culture
" Changing the layout of the office in order to change the culture would be which lever of change?
Physical design, Coaching, Rituals, Reward
" What type of culture change is when organizations experiment constantly to find the best office layout and sends a strong and visible message about the organizations culture?
Physical design, role modeling, measurable and controllable activities, organizational structure
Organizational culture is a formal system task and what?
Reporting relationships and motivates an organization.
_______ is the obligation one has to perform assigned tasks.
Responsibility
____________ are activities and ceremonies that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments in an organization's life.
Rites and Rituals
Culture is transmitted to employees in symbols,stories,heroes,rites, and _______ and organizational culture.
Rituals
