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Question 01

A list of corporate values posted on the wall in the reception area of an organization's headquarters offices would be classified by a culture researcher as an example of cultural:

a) values.

b) assumptions.

c) artifacts.

d) beliefs.

Question 02

A list of corporate values presented to employees on a laminated wallet-sized card would be classified by an ethnographer as an example of cultural:

a) assumptions.

b) beliefs.

c) values.

d) artifacts.

Question 03

According to Hofstede, national cultures such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Denmark, in which people are more accepting of innovative ideas and eccentric or deviant behavior, are which of the following?

a) High in uncertainty avoidance

b) Low in uncertainty avoidance

c) More masculine

d) High power distance

Question 04

Which of the dimensions Hofstede used to define differences between national cultures refers to the degree to which members of a culture are expected to act independently of other members?

a) Individualism

b) Power distance

c) Masculinity

d) Uncertainty avoidance

Question 05

A cultural analysis of a company produces the list shown below. This list exemplifies which of Schein's levels of culture?

Treat employees well and they will treat customers well.
People want to have fun at work.
Conformity detracts from our performance, diversity enhances it.

a) Artifacts

b) Values

c) Norms

d) Assumptions

Question 06

According to Siehl and Martin, a subculture that supports the larger or dominant culture in an organization is referred to as:

a) countercultural.

b) orthogonal.

c) occupational.

d) enhancing.

Question 07

According to Hofstede, there are four dimensions of difference between national cultures. Which of the following is not one of the dimensions Hofstede studied?

a) Uncertainty avoidance

b) Power distance

c) Masculinity

d) Paradoxicality

Question 08

Narrative approaches to organizational culture:

a) study the stories told in organizations and how they are told.

b) are based around the theatre metaphor.

c) are part of the fragmentation perspective.

d) study the stories told in organizations and how they are told, are based around the theatre metaphor and are part of the fragmentation perspective.

Question 09

Postmodern studies of organizational culture invoke:

a) thick description.

b) cultural dynamics.

c) dramaturgy.

d) intertextuality.

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