Changing Organizational Culture (Scenario)
Jenna has been asked by the company president to change the organizational culture to reflect the company's new organizational goals. As executive vice-president, she certainly understands the goals but is really not sure that she understands what to do about the culture.
-Jenna wants to ensure that her organization's culture will help shape high ethical standards for all employees and managers.She proposes that it be high in risk tolerance,low to moderate in aggressiveness,and focused on ________.

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Jenna wants the organizational culture to reflect high ethical standards, which indicates a focus on means. However, she also wants the culture to be high in risk tolerance and low to moderate in aggressiveness, which implies a focus on outcomes. Therefore, the best choice for the blank space is both means and outcomes - option D.