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Identify and discuss the implications of changes in the political/legal component of the general environment facing organizations over the past decade. Give one example of a relevant recent change. What is the best way for companies to manage their legal responsibilities?

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Advocacy groups are typically composed of concerned citizens who have a strong feeling about a common issue,even though the members' points of view may differ significantly.

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An organization's culture exists on three levels. Which of the following is the most visible level?

What can an organization use to sustain its organizational culture after its founders are gone?

A company's culture defines the organization's purpose or reason for existing.

What is the term for the events and trends inside an organization that affect management,employees,and the organizational culture?

Which of the following is defined by a high degree of buyer or seller dependence leading to a state in which one party benefits at the expense of the other?

After the company founders are gone,stories and heroes can help to sustain the founders' values,attitudes,and beliefs in the organizational culture.

A decrease in either buyer dependence or supplier dependence can lead to opportunistic behaviour.

Identify the major concern facing businesses from the perspective of the political/legal component of the general environment. What is the most appropriate action that businesses can take to manage their legal responsibilities?

Buyer dependence is the degree to which a company relies on a supplier because of the importance of the supplier's product to the company and the difficulty of finding other sources of that product.

Successful organizational cultures seem to be based solely upon consistency,that is,the "strength" of the organizational culture.

Simons was one of Canada's first fashion retailers,and has recently expanded outside Québec. How would Simons view other companies that have a broad presence in fashion retail?

What is the relationship between change and organizational culture?

Advocacy groups use a variety of tactics to convince businesses to comply with their stands on issues. Which of the following advocacy group tactics would be most likely to cause a business to fail?

In many failed dot.com companies,lower and middle management adhered to innovation and expected that work would be fun,while top management envisioned profitability,with the elimination of unnecessary expenses. Which of the following did these companies lack in their organizational cultures?

List and describe the four characteristics of successful organizational cultures and explain what is meant by success in this context. Identify an organization that you are aware of that seems to have a successful organizational culture,and characterize that organization on each of these four dimensions. Can an organization still have a successful culture if it is weak on one of these dimensions?

Kelty was caught off guard when a new competitor opened across the street. Kelty had spent so much time evaluating the plans of her number one competitor that she failed to properly analyze the actions of other competitors. What did Kelty fail at?

What is the term for the set of key values,beliefs,and attitudes shared by members of an organization?

White Spot is a casual dining restaurant chain that is famous for the Triple "O" sauce on its burgers. Which of the following would be a component of White Spot's general environment?