Quiz on Organizational Culture Analysis

What are the two main approaches for analysing the culture of an organisation mentioned in the document?

• Interpretive view and structural view

• Functionalist view and materialist view

• Decentralised view and centralised view

• Cultural view and organisational view

According to the interpretive view, what shapes and sustains culture within an organisation?

• Organisational environment

• Employee performance

• Management strategies

• Market conditions

Which perspective focuses on how positions are structured within organisations?

• Interpretive view

• Structural view

• Decentralised view

• Cultural view

Who are the authors associated with the structural view mentioned in the document?

• Johnson and Scholes

• Weber and Marx

• Hofstede and Schein

• Peters and Waterman

What model did Johnson & Scholes (1993) offer to describe the culture of organisations?

• Cultural web

• Organisational matrix

• Structural framework

• Functionalist model

What does 'The Paradigm' represent in an organisation according to Johnson (2000)?

• The procedures set to control what happens in the organisation

• The purpose of the organisational business, its mission and its values

• The kind of power adopted in an organisation

• The logos and designs used in an organisation

What do 'Control Systems' refer to in an organisation?

• The procedures set to control what happens in the organisation

• The purpose of the organisational business, its mission and its values

• The kind of power adopted in an organisation

• The logos and designs used in an organisation

Which type of culture in an organisation is likely to have a large amount of regulations and dependence on individualism?

• Power culture

• Role culture

• Task culture

• Person culture

What do 'Organisational Structures' deal with according to Johnson (2000)?

• The kind of power adopted in an organisation

• The procedures set to control what happens in the organisation

• Hierarchies and the way work flows through the organisation

• Automatic repetitive routines such as management meetings

What do 'Symbols' in an organisation relate to?

• Automatic repetitive routines

• Logos and designs used in an organisation

• Anecdotes made up about employees and actions

• The procedures set to control what happens in the organisation