Trends Inc. is an apparel company. To keep up with the latest changes in the fashion industry, the company has to come up with innovative designs and follow strict timelines. The culture of the company values aggressiveness, innovation, and risk taking. The members of the organisation accept these cultural values. They know exactly what is expected of them and these expectations go a long way in shaping their behaviour. In addition to this, the culture of the marketing department is outcome oriented, and the finance department emphasizes attention to detail. The organisational culture of Trends Inc. values aggressiveness, innovation, and risk taking. These cultural characteristics (select 3 answers):

a. Tend to develop in larger organisations to reflect the common problems, situations, or experiences that are unique to members of certain departments or geographical areas

b. Relate to ways in which employees are asked to portray an organisation's culture and they normally describe a macro view of their organisation

c. Describe the organisation's culture in similar terms despite their differences and this doesn't mean, however, that an organisation's culture is completely uniform.

d. Retain the core values of the macro view but adds to, or modifies, them to reflect their own distinct situation

e. Express the core values shared by a majority of the organisation's members, which gives an organisation its distinct personality

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ANSWER a Tend to develop in larger organisations to reflect the common problems situations or experi... View the full answer