25. As organizations grow older, they tend to: A. become more formalized. B. become more centralized. C. move towards a simple form of departmentalization. D. shift from a mechanistic to an organic structure. E. do none of these things. 26. Mechanistic structures operate best: A. in stable environments. B. where employees dislike hierarchy and status. C. in rapidly changing environments. D. where knowledge management is a competitive advantage to the organization. E. where employees perform tasks with high variety and low analyzability organization's dominant culture is: Owner 27. An organization's dominant culture is: A. the values dictated by an organization's new owners. B. the assumptions, values and beliefs shared most widely by the organization's members. C. the values held by the most vocal countercultural group in the organization. D. the assumptions, values and beliefs that the company's top executives are trying to spread throughout the organization. E. the values that senior executives want people outside the organization to believe are followed within the company. 28. The observable symbols and signs of an organization's values, and assumptions are called: A. organizational culture B. mental models C. artifacts D. values E. organizational signposts 29. Companies with strong organizational cultures are more effective than companies with weak cultures: A. because such organizations do not have subcultures. B. if the cultural values emphasize customer service rather than cost efficiency C. If their cultural values are compatible with the organization's external environment. D. If there is high turnover among production employees. E. never; companies with weak cultures are almost always more effective than those with strong cultures. 30. To develop the most accurate estimate of an organization's culture, we should: A. survey employees. B. observe workplace behaviour. C. investigate physical elements in the workplace. D. do all of these. E. survey employees and observe behaviour, but NOT investigate physical elements in the workplace. name is snelled