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At Rolce Technologies, the core design team of 10 employees has daily "stand-up" meetings. All the core design team members gather standing up for a rapid-fire update on current projects. These stand-up meetings are representative of which of the following components of the organization's culture?


A) rituals
B) solidarity
C) espoused values
D) physical structures
E) enacted values

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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The three stages of socialization are


A) anticipatory, encounter, and understanding and adaptation.
B) assessment, understanding, and acceptance and adaptation.
C) anticipatory, acceptance, and adaptation.
D) learning, comprehending, and accepting.
E) encountering, resisting, and accepting.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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One of the main disadvantages of realistic job previews is that they are very expensive.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following represents the first stage in the socialization process?


A) emotional
B) anticipatory
C) self-realization
D) self-assessment
E) ASA framework

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

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The shared social knowledge within an organization regarding the rules, norms, and values that shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees refers to organizational


A) study.
B) culture.
C) growth.
D) definition.
E) dynamics.

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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When the values of subcultures do not match those of the larger organization, the subcultures are known as fragmented cultures.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is a process that begins before an employee starts work and does not end until an employee leaves the organization?


A) adaptation
B) socialization
C) indoctrination
D) self-assessment
E) performance evaluation

F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Organizations that have successfully created a ________ culture have been shown to change employee attitudes and behaviors toward customers.


A) service
B) mercenary
C) safety
D) fragmented
E) creativity

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Organizations with friendly employees who all think alike are ________ cultures.


A) creative
B) communal
C) diversified
D) sustainable
E) service-oriented

F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

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________ are formal events that are generally performed in front of an audience of organizational members.


A) Rituals
B) Stories
C) Ceremonies
D) Language
E) Symbols

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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Rigby has gotten his dream job working with one of the most prominent tech companies in Silicon Valley, and he is determined to make a good showing from the first day. The best way for him to do that is to


A) learn as much as possible about his own specialty, as well as the particular technical needs of the company, and take extra classes if he discovers anything lacking in his skill set.
B) conduct extensive online research using a wide variety of business sources, such as Standard & Poor's, and social media, to get a detailed portrait of the company.
C) make a point of staying late and going in to the office on weekends, both to get noticed by management and to talk with other people who work extra hours.
D) observe his coworkers from the start, figure out who is most successful and plugged in, get to know them, and not be shy about asking questions.
E) talk to people who have left the company and find out how their work experience was, including whatever negatives views they might have.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Which of the following are the beliefs, philosophies, and norms that a company explicitly states?


A) rituals
B) stories
C) ceremonies
D) espoused values
E) observable artifacts

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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What is meant by person-organization fit? What are its advantages?

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Person-organization fit is the degree to...

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County Medical Center has a good track record of treating patients well and discharging them in a timely manner. Then, in the span of one week, twelve patients suffer post-surgical bacterial infections that are resistant to drug treatment. Shortly afterward, the surgical and patient recovery teams gather to discuss the problem. One cardiac surgeon, Yvette, mentions that she read in a medical journal about a simple but effective method of reducing such infections. It involves encouraging and enforcing hand washing before all new patient contact. The key is to post reminders in every patient room and nurse station. There is also a smart phone app that will beep once every five minutes as a backup reminder. The hospital staff agrees to implement the protocol, and six months later the rate of infection has dropped by more than 50 percent. The hospital is striving to create a ________ culture.


A) safety
B) diversity
C) fragmented
D) sustainability
E) customer service

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Which of the following statements about the encounter stage of socialization is True?


A) The encounter stage of socialization takes place prior to an employee spending even one second on the job.
B) New employees compare the information they acquired as outsiders with what the organization is really like now that they are insiders.
C) Newcomers come to learn the content areas of socialization and internalize the norms and expected behaviors of the organization.
D) The encounter stage involves the adoption of the spoken and unspoken goals and values of the organization.
E) The encounter stage of socialization is the last stage in the socialization process.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

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________ is(are) the degree to which group members think and act alike, and ________ represent(s) how friendly employees are to one another.


A) Espoused values; basic underlying assumptions
B) Solidarity; sociability
C) Basic underlying assumptions; observable artifacts
D) Sociability; solidarity
E) Observable artifacts; espoused values

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Petunia, Daisy, Constance, and Anna are four friends working at four different organizations. In Petunia's firm, Social Network Development, employees are both distant and disconnected from one another, whereas in Daisy's company, Solar Singularity, it is quite the opposite-employees are friendly, and they all think alike. Constance works for Credit Protection Services, where employees think alike but are not friendly to one another. Finally, Anna is employed at Living Trust Wealth Management, where employees are friendly, but they think differently and do their own thing. Petunia's firm, Social Network Development, can be described as having which of the following culture types?


A) communal
B) mercenary
C) networked
D) fragmented
E) collective

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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In which stage of socialization do employees adopt the goals and values of the organization, recognize what the organization has been through, and converse with others in the organization using technical language and specific terms that only insiders would comprehend?


A) encounter
B) attrition
C) anticipatory
D) understanding and adaptation
E) selection

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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At the annual holiday party, ABC Airlines gives awards to employees to recognize examples of "going above and beyond" to serve customers. Almost all the employees who possibly can, attend. This is an example of


A) a story.
B) a ritual.
C) a symbol.
D) a ceremony.
E) an unobservable artifact.

F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

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Briefly describe the three major components of culture. Provide an example of each.

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