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Discuss the pros and cons of a strong culture.

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A high level of culture strength exists ...

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Employees transfer knowledge about a company's culture to other employees through explicit communication, simple observation, and other less obvious means.

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The three major components to any organizational culture are:

Which of the following tactics is designed to encourage adaptation to the organization's culture?

Scenario: Verve, Inc.Marie is the department manager at Verve, Inc.She has been working in the position for five years.Marie starts every Monday morning with a 60-minute department meeting where each member in the department gets five minutes to report progress, share stories of success and failure, and seek general input, advice, and information.Jeremy is responsible for sharing an anecdote, an account, or a legend about the company for every first Monday of the month to keep everyone reminded of where they work and what is important.Marie has created the workplace for her department in a totally open forum.There are no walls or cubicles, and everyone including Marie is in one open room.Marie has created a skull with a victory flag on its forehead as her department's corporate logo representing the "victory or die trying" motto for her group.The group has succeeded in achieving some exceptional results in the past two years.What Marie does every Monday morning can be described as a(n) :

Which of the following supply the primary means of transmitting an organization's culture to its workforce?

_____ represent the deepest and least observable part of a culture.

The physical layout of workspaces, dress codes, and the level of technology used are all examples of _____ that are represented by the organization's culture.

Which of the following is a process that begins before an employee starts work and does not end until an employee leaves the organization?

A manager at a company where everyone always wore a dark suit and white shirt ran out of white shirts one day and decided to wear a very light blue shirt to work.Coworkers stared, pointed at him, and commented so negatively to him that at noon, he went out and bought a new white shirt and changed before going back to the office.This situation is indicative of ______.

Physical structures say a lot about a culture.

Organizational culture shapes and reinforces certain employee attitudes and behaviors by creating a system of control over employees.

Which of the following hold(s) that potential employees will be attracted to organizations whose cultures match their own personality, organizations will weed out the potential misfits, and the remaining misfits will leave because of being unhappy or ineffective?

_____ reflect(s) the jargon, slang, and slogans used within the walls of an organization.

Realistic job previews occur during the anticipatory stage of socialization during the recruitment process.

_____ exist when the overall organizational culture is supplemented by another culture governing a more specific set of employees.

When a company holds to its espoused values over time and regardless of the situations it operates in, the values become less believable to employees.

Mentoring has always existed in companies on a formal basis.

_____ are the manifestations of an organizational culture that everyone can see or talk about.

Which of the following is an advantage of a strong culture?