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organization culture Test

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is the process of assigning managerial authority and responsibility to managers and employees lower in the hierarchy
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a firm assembles product chunks, or modules, provides by outside contractors
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has an internal focus and values stability and control over flexibility
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is the tendency of the parts of an organization to draw together to achieve a common puropse
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is the non-bureaucratic stage, the stage in which the organization is created
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are the activities and ceremonies, planned and unplanned, that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments in the organization's life
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refers to the rights inherent in a managerial position to make decisions, give orders, and utilize resources
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assumes that the most effective cultures help organizations anticipate and adapt to environment changes
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refers to the number of people reporting directly to a given manager
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authority is centralized, tasks and rules are clearly specified, and employees are closely supervised
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important decisions are made by higher-level managers
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the organization is in a prebureuaratic stage, a stage of growth and expansion
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which represent the values and norms actually exhibited in the organization
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assumes that an organization's culture must align, or fit with its business or strategic context
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is a formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinate and motivates an organization members so that they can work together to achieve the organization's goals
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managers must report and justify work results to the managers above them
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or chain of command is a control mechanism for making sure the right people do the right things at the right time
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unifies employees or members and gives everyone an understanding of the organization's reason for being
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has a natural sequence of stages: birth, youth, midlife, and maturity
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sometimes called corporate culture, is a system of shared beliefs and values that develops within an organization and guides the behavior of its members
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span of control (management)
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centralized authority
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rites and rituals
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mechanistic organization
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common purpose
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adaptive perspective
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integration
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modular structure
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fit perspective
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organizational structure
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accountability
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organizational life cycle
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enacted values
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hierarchy of authority
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hierarchy culture
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organizational culture
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youth stage
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delegation
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authority
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birth stage
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assumes that the strength of a corporate culture is related to a firm's long-term financial performance
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group activities around defined regional location
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in which an employee should report to no more than one manager
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teams or work-groups, either temporary or permanent, are used to improve horizontal throughout the organization
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AKA work specialization is the arrangement of having discrete parts of a task done by different people
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have authority to make decisions and usually have people reporting to them
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is the tendency of the parts of an organization to disperse and fragment
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sixth type of organization structure, whereby a central core is linked to outside independent firms by computer connections, which are used to operate as if all were a single organization
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people with similar occupational specialties are put together in formal groups
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tend to group activities around common customers or clients

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