Chapter 14. Shaping Culture and Values.

1. Explain in detail Organizational Culture. Explain in detail what is Organizational Culture, and the Functions of Organizational Culture.
2. Explain in detail why shaping culture is a vital function of leadership.
3. Explain in detail Culture Strength and Performance.
4. Explain in detail Toxic versus Healthy Cultures, and the characteristics of a responsive, as opposed to a resistant, culture.
5. Explain in detail how to establish a high-performance culture by paying attention to both values and results.
6. Explain in detail Cultural Leadership
7. Explain in detail how leaders shape culture and values through ceremonies, stories, symbols, language, selection and socialization, and daily actions.
8. Explain in detail The Competing Values Approach to Culture Types.
9. Explain in detail cultural values associated with adaptability, achievement, involvement, and consistency cultures and the environmental conditions associated with each.
10. Explain detail Values-Based Leadership. Explain detail how to instill healthy values in the organizational culture.
11. Apply the principles of spiritual leadership to help people find deeper life meaning and a sense of membership through work.
12. Discuss the meaning of calling and membership, as related to spiritual leadership. Identify an organization or leader that uses these concepts. To what extent were these concepts present where you have worked?
13. Some mortgage company leaders have said that providing subprime mortgages (earn a commission by making loans to people at high interest rates who may have difficulty making the payments) was based on the noble purpose of giving poor people a chance to participate in the American dream of home ownership. Discuss your opinion of this explanation.