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WorksheetsTFL615 week 4 quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
The culture of an organization is all the beliefs, feelings, behaviors, and symbols that are characteristic of an organization.
True
False
What six characteristics do most organizational cultures contain?
Observed behavioral regularities, norms, dominant values, philosophy, rules, feelings
Observed behavioral irregularities, norms, dominant values, vision, rules, feelings
Observed behavioral regularities, lack of norms, dominant values, philosophy, rules, feelings
Observed behavioral irregularities, norms, dominant values, vision, rules, feelings
Why do subcultures exist in organizations?
Because of the discrepancy between formal and informal cultures and because cultures may differ in different functional groups
Because of the discrepancy between formal and informal cultures
Because cultures may differ in different functional groups
Because organizations are large
Dominant culture ...
Distinguishes an organization form other large systems
Fights the subcultures
Develops because of the discrepancy between formal and informal cultures
Distinguishes one subculture from another
What four dimensions of organizational culture do Deal and Kennedy distinguish?
Values, heroes, rites and rituals, and communication networks
Philosophies, ideologies, beliefs, feelings
Assumptions, expectations, attitudes, norms
Values, norms, heroes, rites and rituals
Values are general criteria, standards, or principles that guide the behavior of organization members.
True
False
Which of the following is a definition of a terminal value?
A desired outcome that organization members seek to achieve
A desired mode of behavior
Criteria, standards, or principles that guide the behavior of organization members
All answers are correct
Which of the following is a definition of an instrumental value?
A desired outcome that organization members seek to achieve
A desired mode of behavior
Criteria, standards, or principles that guide the behavior of organization members
All answers are correct
Schools are not able to achieve success when shared values exist among group members.
True
False
What do shared values do for an organization?
They provide a strong organizational identity
They enhance collective commitment
They provide a stable social system
They reduce the need for bureaucratic controls
All answers are correct
What kinds of heroes exist in organizations?
Born and created
Formal and informal
Real and unreal
Teachers and administrators
Which roles are distinguished by organizational theorists in organizations’ communication networks?
Storytellers, priests, whisperers, gossips, spies
Leader, employee, secretary, temporary workers
Superintendent, principal, teacher
Formal and informal leaders
The process of solidifying the acceptance of the values and ensuring that the culture is maintained or reinforced is called ...
Organizational socialization
Maintaining culture
Organizational development
Organizational evolution
How can administrators maintain an organizational culture in the process of selection of staff?
By selecting candidates whose personal values fit with the underlying values of an organization
Through humility-inducing experiences
By developing employees’ technological knowledge
By rewarding individual performance
How can administrators maintain an organizational culture by reinforcing folklore?
By exposing members to rites and rituals, stories or myths, and heroes that portray and reinforce the culture
By adherence to values
Through the use of the reward and control systems
By assessing employees’ performance and assigning other responsibilities on the basis of their progress
All answers are correct
What are the components of the organizational culture change cycle?
External enabling conditions
Internal permitting conditions
Precipitating pressures
Triggering events
All answers are correct
Which four internal permitting conditions should exist to increase the probability of organizational culture change?
Surplus of change resources, system readiness, minimal coupling, change-agent power and leadership
Surplus of change resources, system readiness, minimal decoupling, change-agent leadership
Surplus of change resources, system readiness, minimal coupling, change-agent leadership
Surplus of change resources, system readiness, minimal decoupling, change-agent power and leadership
What school culture phenotypes do Steinhoff and Owens distinguish?
Family culture, machine culture, cabaret culture, “little shop of horrors” culture
Friends culture, machine culture, cabaret culture
Machine culture, cabaret culture, “little shop of honors” culture
Friends culture, cabaret culture, “little shop of horrors” culture
What kinds of organizational climate do Halpin and Croft differentiate?
Open and closed
Sad and happy
Competitive and collegiate
Socialist and capitalist
According to Hoy and Tarter, what are the characteristics of a healthy school?
Student, teacher, and principal behavior that is harmonious and works toward instructional success
Vulnerability to destructive outside forces
Openness and shared values
Impermeability to destructive outside forces
