Question $23(1$ point$)$

Which of the following, A$,$ B$,$ C$,$ D$,$ or E$,$ is not a strategy for changing and strengthening organizational culture identified in the text?

Question $23$ options:

Reducing the number of stories and symbols used

Supporting workforce stability and communication

Aligning artifacts with the desired culture

Modeling desired behaviours by organization leaders

Introducing culturally consistent rewards

Question $24(1$ point$)$

Which strategy for merging two distinct organizational cultures results in one organization imposing its culture on the acquired firm$$s culture?

Question $24$ options:

separation

deculturation

assimilation

integration

Question $25(1$ point$)$

Which form of departmentalization increases the risk of duplication and underutilization of resources?

Question $25$ options:

Simple structure

Network structure

Functional structure

Divisional structure

Alliance structure

Question $26(1$ point$)$

One problem with a functional structure is that:

Question $26$ options:

it is more difficult to directly supervise employees within each department

it emphasizes subunit goals more than organizational goals

employees have difficulty creating career paths within their area of knowledge

it makes it difficult to permit greater specialization of skills

it prevents companies from creating economies of scale in their talent pool

Question $27(1$ point$)$

What is the term for the degree to which the organization has official rules, regulations, and procedures?

Question $27$ options:

formalization

complexity

centralization

standardization

decentralization

Question $28(1$ point$)$

The deepest element of organizational culture is:

Question $28$ options:

values

language

stories

assumptions

artifacts

Question $29(1$ point$)$

Which structure is best when technology becomes more routine?

Question $29$ options:

product

mechanistic

matrix

organic

hybrid

Question $30(1$ point$)$

Which of the following characterizes a flat organization structure?

Question $30$ options:

wider spans of control

longer communication channels

closer supervision

narrower spans of control

formalization

Question $31(1$ point$)$

What is the term for the degree to which the organization pushes decision$-$making authority to those at lower levels in the organization?

Question $31$ options:

mechanistic

formalization

complexity

decentralization

centralization

Question $32(1$ point$)$

If an organization needs to be adaptive and flexible it would likely develop a$($an$)\_\_\_\_$ organization design.

Question $32$ options:

organic

bureaucratic

mechanistic

traditional

classical

Question $33(1$ point$)$

Which strategy for merging two distinct cultures is most effective when the two companies have relatively weak cultures with overlapping values?

Question $33$ options:

Integration

Deculturation

Assimilation

Separation

Question $34(1$ point$)$

The main purpose of a bicultural audit is to:

Question $34$ options:

identify and diagnose differences in the corporate cultures of merging organizations

determine whether your company$$s organizational structure is sufficiently strong

find out whether people from different countries have the same corporate cultures

teach new employees the organization$$s dominant cultural values

estimate the number of dominant and subcultural values that exist in an organization