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MAN4900F
Ch 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A company's corporate culture is best defined and identified by | the character of a company's internal work climate and personality—as shaped by the company's core values, business principles, traditions, ingrained behaviors of "how we do things around here," and style of operating |
| The character of a company's corporate culture is a product of | All of these |
| A company's culture is typically grounded in and shaped by | its core values and the bar it sets for ethical standards. |
| Frequently, a significant part of a company's culture is captured in | the stories that get told over and over again to illustrate to newcomers the importance of certain values and the depth of commitment that various company personnel have displayed. |
| The hallmark of a strong-culture company is | the dominating presence of certain deeply-rooted values and operating approaches that "regulate" the conduct of a company's business and the climate of its workplace. |
| The hallmark of an adaptive corporate culture is | willingness on the part of organizational members to accept change and take on the challenge of introducing and executing new strategies. |
| What defines an insular, inwardly focused culture? | The firm believes they have all the answers because of their past great market success and is thus, overconfident. |
| What defines an unethical and greed-driven culture? | All of these |
| When is a subculture MOST problematic? | When multiple subcultures have embraced conflicting business philosophies which are inconsistent with superior strategy execution. |
| Changing a problem culture: | is one of the toughest managerial tasks because of the heavy anchor of ingrained behaviors and ways of doing things. |