Management

5 Written Questions

1. A future-oriented declaration of the organization's purpose and aspirations.
2. Lays out the organization's purpose for being.
3. on the surface, or visible, tangible aspects of organizational culture
4. A system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that show people what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior
5. In a stable environment, can lead to more efficient operations

5 Matching Questions

1. Flat Hierarchy
2. Matrix Organizations
3. Mission statement
4. Strategic Alliances
5. Centralization

1. a The degree to which decision making authority is concentrated at higher levels in an organization
2. b Communicates the organization's reason for being, and how it aims to serve its key stakeholders
3. c Few management layers. Larger number of employees reporting to each manager. Can lead to greater levels of freedom for each employee
4. d balance a traditional functional structure with a product structure
5. e two or more companies combine their efforts to create a partnership that is beneficial for both parties

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Assumptions, values, artifacts
   1. Learning Organizations
   2. Challenges of a Strong Culture
   3. THREE LEVELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
   4. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
2. The process through which new employees learn the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to function effectively within an organization
   1. Onboarding
   2. Artifacts
   3. Assumptions
   4. values
3. Decisions can be made more quickly
   1. values
   2. Centralization
   3. Departmentalization
   4. Decentralized
4. shared principles, standards, and goals
   1. Assumptions
   2. Onboarding
   3. Artifacts
   4. values
5. companies give more authority to lower level employees, resulting in a sense of empowerment
   1. Centralization
   2. Decentralized
   3. Departmentalization
   4. values

5 True/False Questions

1. Challenges of a Strong Culture → Assumptions, values, artifacts

   True        False

2. Centralization → Can lead to inefficiencies in decision making in an uncertain or highly competitive market

   True        False

3. advantages of flat organizations → build an employee attitude of job involvement and ownership

   True        False

4. Boundaryless Organizations → where all nonessential functions are outsourced

   True        False

5. Advantages of Matrix → build an employee attitude of job involvement and ownership

   True        False