Use Internet resources to compare and contrast the organizational cultures and operating performance of three of the following pairs of organizations:

a. Delta Air Line and Southwest Airlines

b. Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell

c. Nordstroms and Wal-Mart

d. Haggar and Levi Strauss

e. IBM and Dell Computer Which of the pair is the better operating performer? Discuss whether you believe that organizational culture has any relationship to operating performance and your reasons for that belief.

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