Organizational Culture

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Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour
Individual Behaviour
Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations
Workplace Emotions
Foundations of Employee Motivation
Applied Performance Practices
Decision Making and Creativity
Team Dynamics
Communicating in Organizations
Power and Influence in the Workplace
Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace
Leadership in Organizational Settings
Designing Organizational Structures
Organizational Culture
Organizational Change

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Organizational culture consists of the values and assumptions shared within an organization.

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Organizational culture defines what is important and unimportant in the company and, consequently, directs everyone in the organization toward the "right way" of doing things.

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Values represent an important invisible part of an organization's culture.

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Values represent the deepest part of an organization's culture.

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Shared assumptions are easily uncovered by surveying employees.

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Organizational culture is not represented by espoused values.

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An organization's culture is defined by its espoused values.

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The most accurate way to determine an organization's culture is by interviewing senior executives about their perceptions of that culture.

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Organizational cultures include shared assumptions

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Organizational culture models and surveys present a distorted view of organizational culture.

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Most organizational culture models oversimplify the diversity of cultural values in organizations.

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An organization's culture is usually quite fuzzy and difficult to define using simple models and surveys.

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Popular organizational culture models and measures falsely presume that organizations have a fairly clear, unified culture.

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Subcultures are groups of employees whose values are opposed to the organization's dominant values.

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Organizational countercultures further strengthen the organization's dominant culture

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Organizational countercultures can potentially create conflict and dissension among employees.

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Organizational countercultures can potentially help the organization maintain its ethical conduct.

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An organizational counterculture is a type of subculture

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Artifacts refer mainly to the paintings and other tangible objects that appear throughout the organization.

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Organizational culture is not directly observable, but it may be loosely interpreted through visible artifacts.

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