Exam 3 Review

Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of story in the Approach to Organizational Culture?

• personal

• testimonial

• corporate

• collegial

The study of Organizational Culture is considered a soft science by Geertz.

• true

• false

How is ethnography defined in the Approach to Organizational Culture?

• actions by which members constitute and reveal their culture to themselves and others

• a record of intertwined layers of common meaning that underlie what a particular people say and do

• mapping social discourse, discovering who people within a culture think they are, what they think they are doing, and to what end they think they are doing it

• webs of significance, systems of shared meaning

How is culture defined in Approach to Organizational Culture?

• actions by which members constitute and reveal their culture to themselves and others

• a record of intertwined layers of common meaning that underlie what a particular people say and do

• mapping social discourse, discovering who people within a culture think they are, what they think they are doing, and to what end they think they are doing it

• webs of significance, systems of shared meaning

How is cultural performance defined in Organizational Culture?

• actions by which members constitute and reveal their culture to themselves and others

• a record of intertwined layers of common meaning that underlie what a particular people say and do

• mapping social discourse, discovering who people within a culture think they are, what they think they are doing, and to what end they think they are doing it

• webs of significance, systems of shared meaning

Aristotle was an Ancient Roman philosopher.

• true

• false

What are the two characteristics Aristotle believed a successful public speaker possessed?

• wisdom & eloquence

• respect & authority

• truth & honesty

• kindness & compassion

Which of the following is NOT a part of the threefold classification of speech situations?

• ceremonial

• courtroom

• political

• educational

Rhetoric is defined as discovering all possible means of persuasion.

• true

• false

In Rhetoric, Inartisitc Proof is composed of external evidence the speaker does not create, and Artistic Proof is composed of internal evidence the speaker creates like ethos, pathos, and logos.

• true

• false