Site MapHelpFeedbackMultiple Choice Quiz
Multiple Choice Quiz
(See related pages)

1
Which of these statements about shared assumptions is true?
A)They are not taken-for-granted perceptions, but rather conscious decisions.
B)They are so deeply embedded they probably cannot be discovered by surveying employees.
C)They are the same as espoused values.
D)They are revealed through corporate value statements.
E)They rise to the surface only when employees let them.
2
Which of the following organizational culture dimension is characterized by competitiveness and a low emphasis on social responsibility?
A)Stability
B)Innovation
C)Outcome orientation
D)Aggressiveness
E)Respect for people
3
What is the significance of artifacts in organizational culture?
A)Artifacts are the same as organizational culture.
B)Artifacts are the residual parts of the organization that cannot fit into its culture.
C)Artifacts represent the directly observable symbols and signs of an organization's culture.
D)Artifacts are the main observable indicators that the organization does not have a culture.
E)Artifacts mainly reflect the subcultures that conflict with an organization's dominant culture.
4
At meetings of a major consumer products firm, employees habitually stand up when the most senior executive at the meeting enters the room. This practice represents:
A)evidence that the meeting has employees who hold countercultural values.
B)an adaptive culture in the company.
C)a ritual that probably symbolizes the organization's dominant culture.
D)a form of deculturation that eventually undermines the organization's dominant culture.
E)that the company's espoused values differs from its enacted values.
5
Which of the following tends to happen when an organization's culture is misaligned with its external environment?
A)The corporate culture gets stronger.
B)The organization's subcultures weaken.
C)The organization has more difficulty anticipating and responding to stakeholder needs.
D)The organization is unable to develop subcultures.
E)The various subcultures within the organization keep changing.
6
The main purpose of a bicultural audit is to:
A)determine whether a company's organizational culture is sufficiently strong.
B)estimate the number of dominant and subcultural values that exist in an organization.
C)find out whether people from different countries have the same corporate cultures.
D)identify and diagnose differences in the corporate cultures of merging organizations.
E)teach new employees the organization's dominant cultural values.
7
Which of the following is true about using the strategy of integration for merging different corporate cultures?
A)It works best when people realize that their existing cultures are good enough, which motivates them to stick to their dominant values.
B)It is the fastest strategy for merging different corporate cultures.
C)It is potentially safe because neither party is preserving the existing culture.
D)It should be considered when the merging companies have strong cultures and distinct cultures.
E)It creates a new composite culture that preserves the best features of the previous cultures.
8
An organization's culture begins with its _____.
A)clients
B)country-level managers
C)employees
D)founders and leaders
E)auditors
9
Which of the following statements is consistent with the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory?
A)Job applicants who later become organizational members tend to be attracted to co-workers who share their values and assumptions.
B)Organizations have a natural tendency to attract, select, and retain people with values that are consistent with the organization's own culture.
C)Attraction, selection and attrition are part of the natural life-cycle of organizational members.
D)Employees get attached to organizations that meet their reward expectations.
E)Attraction followed by selection inevitably leads to attrition in the future.
10
The process of organizational socialization begins:
A)as soon as the person is hired by the organization.
B)within the employee's first week on the job.
C)long before the first day of work for the organization.
D)when the employee finally reconciles pre-employment expectations with organizational reality.
E)when the employee receives his or her first performance appraisal.





To learn more about the book this website supports, please visit its Information Center.
Copyright (c)2015 McGraw-Hill Education .
Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Notice | Report Piracy


McShane 7e: OBOnline Learning Center

Home > Chapter 14 > Multiple Choice Quiz