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Which of the following is the deepest level of organizational culture?
What is a characteristic of an attractive environment?
Are organizations that are affected by and in turn affect their external environments?
Which organizational culture's objectives are productivity planning and efficiency?

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Q58:
In an attempt to improve customer service, Tailpin Toys decided to assign a team to investigate the kinds of services offered by competing companies. The team discovered that a smaller company, Nuance Games, seemed to have outstanding customer service. The team then determined the major differences between the two companies and developed a plan to incorporate the best elements of Nuance Games into Tailpin Toys. Which of the following does this illustrate? A) Environmental dynamism B) Benchmarking C) Strategic maneuvering D) Cooperative action E) Forecasting
Q59:
The growth of contingent workers in the U.S. labor force due to unpredictable labor demand is an illustration of: A) adapting at the core. B) flexible processes. C) buffering. D) smoothing. E) empowerment.
Q60:
A decentralized, bureaucratic approach with standardized skills for managing uncertainty is ideal for which of the following environments? A) Stable and complex B) Complex and dynamic C) Simple and stable D) Dynamic and simple E) Stable and dynamic
Q61:
Higher Wisdom University has just formed a board of trustees and invited 25 of its wealthiest alumni to join. Which of the following is the university adopting? A) Smoothing B) Cooptation C) Competitive intelligence D) Divestiture E) Scaffolding
Q62:
The five-by-eight inch card with one rule on it-Use good judgment in all situations-that employees at Envytech receive along with the employee handbook tells the employees a great deal about their company's: A) visible artifacts. B) voluntary actions. C) organization culture. D) competitive aggression. E) macroenvironment.
Q64:
Which of the following leadership styles is associated with a hierarchical culture? A) Coordinator, organizer B) Production and achievement-oriented C) Risk taker D) Innovator, entrepreneur E) Mentor, facilitator, parent figure
Q65:
Lindsay Pharmacy and Allwell Medicines have joined forces with one another to lobby for health care reform. This action of the two companies is referred to as: A) merger. B) coalition. C) domain selection. D) benchmarking. E) competitive aggression.
Q66:
_____ are the underlying qualities and desirable behaviors that are important to the organization. A) Traits B) Ethics C) Norms D) Benchmarks E) Values
Q67:
_____ are companies that continuously change the boundaries for their task environments by seeking new products and markets, diversifying and merging, or acquiring new enterprises. A) Defenders B) Wanderers C) Transformers D) Prospectors E) Divergers
Q68:
Which of the following is a way of redefining the boundaries of an environment a firm is in? A) Independent action B) Domain selection C) Cooptation D) Buffering E) Smoothing

Which of the following is the deepest level of organizational culture?

The third level, assumptions, is the deepest level within an organization's culture. At this level, assumptions are experienced as unconscious behavior and, therefore, not directly visible like the previous level of espoused values.

What is a characteristic of an attractive environment?

Attractive Environment. 1. few competitors; high industry growth; unequal size differentiated. 2. low threat; many barriers.

Are organizations that are affected by and in turn affect their external environments?

Organizations are open systems that are affected by, and in turn affect, their external environments. Organizations receive financial, human, material, and information resources from the environment; transform those resources into finished goods and services; and then send those outputs back into the environment.

Which organizational culture's objectives are productivity planning and efficiency?

-Business practices. Solan Inc. is externally oriented and focused on control. Its primary objectives are productivity, planning, and efficiency. Organizational members are motivated by the belief that performance that leads to the desired organizational objectives will be rewarded.