ÖRGÜT KURAMI VE TASARIMI - Deneme Sınavı - 6

Power culture: Visualized as web, this archetype is functioning with power coming from the center. The correct answer is D.

Subculture is defined as groups sharing overall cultural values of the society but diverges from these groups by holding different values brought by their lifestyles, values, and norms.

Marginalized cultures are called counterculture.

Advantages:

Differentiates organization from the others.

Creates stability throughout the organization.

Members’ organizational identification is easy.

Guides organizational behavior.

Disadvantages:

Makes mergers & acquisition harder.

Creates organizational inertia.

Only attracts the same type of people thus diminishes organizational diversity

Decreases organization’s environmental adaptability potential.

The essential characteristics of healthy organizational culture:

• Every member of the organization is open to communication and have modest characteristics.

• All members of the organization are empowered and held accountable.

• Employees are encouraged to take risks within set limits.

• Searching for better alternatives about how jobs to be done is the norm

• Mistakes are tolerated to some degree and treated as a learning opportunity.

• Honesty is the primary building block of the organizational culture.

• Collaboration is part of the standard operating procedures.

• Courage and resilience are essential individual characteristics to become an active participant in the organization.

Organizational culture has three levels; basic assumptions, espoused values, and artifacts.

Please refer to page 198, COMMUNICATING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.

Culture has specific characteristics stated below:

The correct answer is D.

Code of conduct determines how one should behave within the organization.

What was the reason behind the rise of organizational culture as a concept for understanding organizations? Of course, it was not coincidental. Many social, field and individual-level developments in the 90s triggered the increase of awareness of organizational culture as a concept for understanding organizations. These factors are:

The correct answer is C.

Role culture: Metaphorically depicted as Greek temple, all-encompassing bureaucracy and high level of the hierarchy is main features of this type. Operations are controlled through strict job descriptions, organizational policies, and authority. Employees arerecruited based on theirexpertise and experiences.

Organizational culture is shared knowledge; tells employees what is expected; is perceived without employees realizing the process and is mutually accepted values, beliefs, and assumptions. However, it is not learned through training activities - it is learned by experiencing it. The correct answer is B.

Subculture is defined as groups sharing overall cultural values of the society but diverges from these groups by holding different values brought by their lifestyles, values, and norms. The correct answer is A.

The advantages of strong organizational culture are:

Creating organizational inertia is one of the disadvantages. The correct answer is E.

Organizational culture has three levels, namely basic assumptions, espoused values, and artifacts. The correct answer is C.

Basic assumptions are beliefs about the organization and its surrounding environment. They govern everyday thinking and organizational behavior in general. They are the most inner level and are said to be the core of organizational culture. However, the general criteria for people to determine the desirable behaviors is the level of espoused values. The correct answer is D.

The factors that affect the process of constructing organizational culture are:

Globalization is not a factor affecting the process of constructing organizational culture. The correct answer is E.

Physical symbols (logos, open-office, etc.), slogans, stories, jargon, ceremonies, rites and rituals are the symbols that communicate organizational culture. The correct answer is A.