Leadership of Culture, Ethics, and Diversity

 Making sure that hiring training, promotion, and retirement or layoffs decisions don’t unfairly affect minorities is an example of what factor?

• Top Management Support and Commitment

• Remove Obstacles

• Training and Education

• Organizational Policies and Practices

Using newsletters, posters, calendars, and conducting regular surveys to gather attitudes and opinions on diversity is an example of what factor?

• Heightened Awareness

• Organizational Policies and Practices

• Top Management Support and Commitment

• Training and Education

Using diversity metrics as part of leadership performance evaluations is associated with which factor?

• 1. Heightened Awareness

• Organizational Policies and Practices

• Top Management Support and Commitment

• Diversity as a Criterion for Measuring Success

Taking action to prevent behaviors or practices that can result in an unfriendly work environment are part of which factor?

• Remove Obstacles

• Organizational Policies and Practices

• Top Management Support and Commitment

• Training and Education

Identify the statement with a characteristic associated with a strong versus weak culture. 

“I wonder how many of the top executives here got to where they are today on merit?”

• 1. Unhealthy promotion practices

• Strong performance with a passion for achieving

• Politicized internal environment

• Low expectations and lack of passion for achievement

 Identify the statement with a characteristic associated with a strong versus weak culture. 

“We have always done things here in a certain way and it’s worked so far. I see no need to change that which is not broken.”

• Insular thinking

• Low expectations and lack of passion for achievement

• Results oriented and goal driven

• Resistance to change

Identify the statement with a characteristic associated with a strong versus weak culture. 

“In our organization, there is little or no agreement on the values, beliefs, and norms governing member behavior and negative behaviors like gossiping, manipulation, favoritism, lack of communication, and internal conflict prevail”

• Politicized internal environment

• Unhealthy promotion practices

• 1. Insular thinking

• Lack of shared values

Identify each statement as characteristic of one of the types of organizational culture.

“In our industry, every action draws a counteraction from competitors; thus we keep a close eye on our competitors to make sure they are not stealing our customers.”

• competitive

• adaptive

• bureaucratic

• cooperative

 Identify each statement as characteristic of one of the types of organizational culture.

“In our company, there is a set way of doing things and our managers hold firm to these practices because they have been found to improve efficiency and keep cost down”

• competitive

• adaptive

• bureaucratic

• cooperative

Identify each statement as characteristic of one of the types of organizational culture.

“Google has been described as a company where employees have a lot of flexibility and are empowered to pursue creative solutions to customer problems”

• competitive

• adaptive

• bureaucratic

• cooperative