Deck 11: Organizational Culture

Question 1

Who argues that the concept of culture has been borrowed from anthropology, where there is no consensus in its meaning?

A) Hofstede
B) Trompenaars
C) Schein
D) Smircich

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to Schneider and Barsoux (2003), the following constitute the five levels of culture: Organizational, national, regional, subculture and ______.

A) micro-culture
B) macro-culture
C) functional/professional culture
D) met-culture

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Whose theory identifies five elements that comprise organizational culture as the business environment, values, heroes, rites and rituals, and the cultural network?

A) Graetz (2006)
B) Deal and Kennedy (1982)
C) Schein (1980)
D) Martin and Siehl (1983)

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Dickson (2000) traces the source of organizational culture to which of the following three aspects?

A) characteristics of the industry, characteristics of the society within which the organization is located and the symbolism of the organization
B) characteristics of the industry, characteristics of the society within which the organization is located and the values and beliefs of the employees
C) characteristics of the industry, characteristics of the society within which the organization is located and the values and beliefs of the founding leaders
D) none of these

Question 5

Complete the following:
Whilst ______ leaders work within their organizational cultures following existing rules, procedures and norms, ______ leaders change their culture by realigning it with a new vision and a revision of its shared values and norms (Bass 1085).

A) autocratic; democratic
B) transactional; transformational
C) autocratic; transactional
D) democratic and transformational

Question 6

Who argue for a contingency model whereby better performing organizations have strong cultures, but only of culture fits the organizations environment?

A) Parry and Proctor-Thompson (2003)
B) Kotter and Heskett (1992)
C) Ogbonna and Harris (2000)
D) None of these

Question 7

According to Zhang and Iles (2017), selection, socialization and cultural fit rely upon which of the following values?

A) tenacity, personality and goals
B) personality, goals and environment
C) goals, attributes and personality
D) attributes, personality and environment

Question 8

For what does the 'McDonaldisation of society' most closely refer to?

A) the need for franchising business
B) being ahead of the competition
C) follow-on sales to increase customer sales - 'go large with that?'
D) efficiency, consistency, quantification and control principles are then transferred to other industries

Question 9

According to Hofstede (2001), which of the following IS NOT a dimension of culture?

A) power
B) gender
C) happiness
D) resilience

Question 10

Which of the following IS NOT one of the four corporate models of culture according to Zhang and Iles (2017)?

A) Eiffel Tower
B) Guided Missile
C) Exocet missile
D) Incubator

Question 11

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, Mirvis and Marks (1992) refer to different types of post-merger outcome. Which of the following IS NOT an example of one of these?

A) absorption
B) association
C) transformation
D) preservation

Question 12

According to Zhang and Iles (2017), the following is an example of what?
'Orientations to influence the way we conduct like and business, so societies like the USA believe that they need to impose their will and are very much inner directed.'

A) achieved versus ascribed status.
B) human-nature relationships.
C) neutral versus emotional outlooks.
D) communitarianism versus individualism rights.