Chapter 10

What is the Competing Values Framework (CVF)?

• A type of organizational culture where employees are active in decision making, encouraged to collaborate, rewarded for achieving goals, and kept informed of the organization's vision and direction.

• A means to identify, measure, and change culture.

• The compatibility between employees and organizations.

• A type of organizational culture where making money is the top priority.

Values

• A family-like or tribe-like type of corporate environment that emphasizes consensus, teamwork, collaboration, participation, and the commonality of goals and values.

• Activities and ceremonies that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments within an organization.

• Underlying desires and core beliefs that shape an identity of an organization, and act as a good guide for how employees are expected to behave.

• Narratives based on true events that are repeated to emphasize an important component of an organization's culture.

What is Person-organization Fit (P-O fit)?

• The compatibility between employees and organizations.

• A type of organizational culture where making money is the top priority.

• A short statement that describes the current and future organizational goals.

• A means to identify, measure, and change culture.

What is a Mission Statement?

• A type of organizational culture that emphasizes competitiveness not only between the organization and its market competitors but also between employees.

• A short statement that describes the current and future organizational goals.

• A mental image that describes what an organization wants to become.

• A short statement defining what an organization is, why it exists, and its reason for being.

What are Symbols in an organization?

• A short statement that describes the current and future organizational goals.

• Narratives based on true events that are repeated to emphasize an important component of an organization's culture.

• Objects that convey meaning to others about an organization's culture.

• Activities and ceremonies that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments within an organization.

What are myths in the context of organizational culture?

• Underlying desires and core beliefs that shape and identity of an organization, and act as a good guide for how employees are expected to behave.

• Activities and ceremonies that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments within an organization.

• Narratives based on true events that are repeated to emphasize an important component of an organization's culture.

• A pattern of shared norms, rules, values, and beliefs that guides the attitudes and behaviors of its employees.

What is an ethical culture in an organization?

• A type of organizational culture where employees tend to think alike, are happy to share knowledge, and have a clear focus on the direction of the task.

• A type of organizational culture where senior people lead by example by behaving in an ethical manner and ensure, through clear communication and training workshops, that their employees do the same.

• A type of organizational culture that emphasizes competitiveness not only between the organization and its market competitors but also between employees.

• A type of organizational culture that focuses on opportunities for employees to grow and find purpose in the workplace by carrying out meaningful tasks that contribute to the good of society as a whole.

Hierarchy Culture

• A type of organizational culture where employees tend to think alike, are happy to share knowledge, and have a clear focus on the direction of the task.

• A type of organizational culture where making money is the top priority.

• A type of organizational culture based on clearly defined corporate levels and structures where employees are primarily guided by processes, rules, and procedures.

• A type of organizational culture that focuses on opportunities for employees to grow and find purpose in the workplace by carrying out meaningful tasks that contribute to the good of society as a whole.

Vision Statement

• A short statement that describes the current and future organizational goals.

• A type of organizational culture that emphasizes competitiveness not only between the organization and its market competitors but also between employees.

• A type of organizational culture where making money is the top priority.

• Objects that convey meaning to others about an organization's culture.

What are rituals in the context of organizational culture?

• Underlying desires and core beliefs that shape and identity of an organization, and act as a good guide for how employees are expected to behave.

• Activities and ceremonies that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments within an organization.

• A type of organizational culture where making money is the top priority.

• Narratives based on true events that are repeated to emphasize an important component of an organization's culture.