Corporate culture

Which of the following has the largest impact on corporate culture?

• The management and leadership styles in an organization

• The rules and regulations set out by the government

• The set of beliefs and values held by the people within an organization

• The traditions and customs of a particular country

Cultural intelligence refers to a person's

• Ability to fit into a particular culture

• Degree of enthusiasm to blend into a culture

• Level of cultural awareness

• Willingness to comply with a particular culture

When management and employees of an organization have different beliefs and values, there is said to be

• A culture gap

• An industrial dispute

• Conflict

• Corporate diversity

Which of the following is least likely reason for a necessary change in corporate culture?

• Conflict is not being managed within the organization

• Profits are in decline

• The existing culture restricts organizational growth

• There is a high degree of staff absenteeism and staff turnover

An organization with one dominant decision-making individual or group has what type of culture

• Person culture

• Power culture

• Role culture

• Task culture

Which type of culture is resistant to organizational change because people hold negative views about change?

• Adaptive cultures

• Command and rule cultures

• Inert cultures

• Process cultures

In Hofstede's model, what is the term used to measure the extent to which people feel they should care for themselves or be cared for by others in society?

• Individualism versus collectivism

• Masculinity versus femininity

• Power distance

• Uncertainty avoidance

According to Deal and Kennedy, which model of organizational culture best describes fast-paced, high risk and high stress organizations such as financial markets, the police force and professional sports clubs?

• Bet-the-company culture

• Process culture

• Tough guy macho culture

• Work-hard, play-hard culture

Which of the following is least likely to be a cause of cultural clashes?

• A change in the senior leadership team

• A common language of communication within the organization

• A hostile takeover from a rival company

• Inorganic growth and evolution of the organization