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A strong culture will have the greatest impact on which of the following?

An organization's culture is most likely to have high ethical standards if it is high in

Assimilation of cultures in a merger requires

An entire new culture emerging from the two cultures.

An entire new organization adopting the culture of one of the two merging cultures.

Both organizations to respect the other's culture, creating a single company with two cultures.

Two separate parts of the company, each with their own culture.

A bicultural audit to determine each culture's values.

Consistency of behaviour is an asset to an organization when it faces

Culture is most likely to be a liability when

Good selection processes sustain organizational culture by identifying and hiring individuals who have the correct knowledge, skills, abilities and

In a caring ethical climate, managers expect that decisions should

Reflect the self-interest of employees.

Create mechanisms for collaboration.

Reflect the self-interest of the manager.

Create mechanisms for sharing reward.

Positively affect the greatest number of stakeholders.

In its simplest sense, organizational culture

Determines the best customers to be selected for the company.

Represents and focuses upon the shareholders.

Determines what computer systems are to be employed.

Represents the basis on which physical facilitates are changed.

Represents the core beliefs and values of managers and employees.

Observing the physical surroundings, characterizing the style of those working, and examining the degree of formalization of rules and regulations are all ways to

Change the culture of an organization.

Increase barriers to change.

Reduce barriers to change.

Get a job at an organization.

"read" the culture of an organization.

Positive organizational cultures include the following characteristics

Rewards rather than punishments.

Stability rather than growth.

Communal rather than individualistic.

Networks rather than bureaucracies.

Solidarity rather than individualism.

The dominant culture is

Synonymous with the organization's culture.

The culture of the industry leader.

Management's perception about the organization.

The sum of the subcultures.

The degree of sharedness.

The time when a new employee sees what the organization is really like and realizes that expectations and reality may diverge is called

The ultimate source of an organization's culture is

Which of the following indicates a strong organizational culture?

Intensely held core values

Value alignment with national values

Influential beliefs

Shared values at the highest level of the organization

Deep but varied beliefs

Which of the following expresses the core values shared by a majority of the organization's members?

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