Organizational Identity

in 1985, Albert & Whetten defines OID as a set of statement and characteristics that pertains the following, EXCEPT

• Central

• Enduring

• Distinctive

• Critical

OID only influce actions and decisions made by leaders or executive members of an organization.

• True

• False

•An organization’s health depends on the balanced behavior of its members, both among themselves and also with external stakeholders (Hatch & Schultz, 2002)

Is this statement true or false?

• True

• False

Organizational identity instability could be caused by both internal and external factors

• True

• False

Albert & Whettens outline 3 paths that an organization may follow. Choose one WHICH IS NOT one of the outlined paths

• Organizations may have a stable identity for the entire life of the organization.

• Organizations may make a permanent change in their identity at some point in the life of the organization.

• Organizations may change their identity and then revert to their original identity

• Organizations may switch between identities from time to time based on their timely objectives

According to Albert & Whettens work, change in organizational identity can be achieve in short period of time

• True

• False

An organization's multiple identities may exist in holographic manner which means;

• the multiple identities is accepted universally within the organization

• the multiple identities is only assumed by one department or sub-group within the organization

When dealing with multiple organizational identities which does not corporate well with each other, to avoid conflict, a manager may choose to;

• create high amount of synergy

• create low amount of synergy