Question 1

A large transportation manufacturer is considering a proposal to acquire a company in a related industry.During due diligence, senior executives intend to conduct a bicultural audit.They already have good information that their own company is aggressive, risk-taking and entrepreneurial.Assuming that these executives will personally analyze the other firm's culture, briefly describe the bicultural audit process and what these senior executives should examine.

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Question 2

Using attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory, describe how a company would maintain and perpetuate their culture.

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Question 3

Senior executives in your organization want to strengthen teamwork as part of the company's culture.They have asked you to identify ways to communicate and reinforce this cultural value using artifacts as the primary means of communication.Describe three different types of artifacts that might be altered so they communicate this corporate value.

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Question 4

different types of artifacts that your friend should consider when deciphering the culture of the computer network firm.Your friend is a job applicant, so your answer should relate to the experience of being recruited into an organization.

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Question 5

Many organizations think that they integrate organizational cultures when merging or acquiring other companies.Explain what does integrating organizational cultures means? Under what conditions is this strategy most likely to succeed?

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Question 6

Comment on and explain the accuracy of the following statement: "Organizations with strong corporate cultures are more effective than organizations with weak corporate cultures."

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Question 7

The president of CJD Consulting would like to change his organization's culture to reflect new realities in the external environment.He has heard positive things about adaptive cultures and would like to know more about them.What would you say to the president to explain adaptable cultures? Be sure to describe the four characteristics of this type of culture in your answer.

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Question 8

Discuss the accuracy of the following statement: "Organizations are more effective when they operate without subcultures and countercultures."

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Question 9

The president of Advanced Systems Corp.wants the company to have a strong organizational culture around a specific set of values.As a vice-president, you are concerned that the president may be trying to strengthen the culture too much thereby creating a corporate cult.Describe three potential problems with having an organizational culture that is too strong.

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Question 10

Superb Consultants have submitted a proposal to analyze the cultural values of your organization.The proposal states that Superb has developed a revolutionary new survey to tap the company's true culture that takes just ten minutes to complete and the consultants say results can be based on a small sample of employees.Discuss the merits and limitations of this proposal.

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Question 11

conditions or events that potentially weaken an organization's dominant culture.

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Quiz 14: Organizational Culture