Question $35(1$ point$)$

Which strategy for merging two distinct cultures is most effective when the two companies are in unrelated industries and have cultures that seem to work well for them?

Question $35$ options:

Separation

Assimilation

Deculturation

Integration

Question $36(1$ point$)$

$\_\_\_\_$ is most appropriate, of A$,$ B$,$ C$,$ D$,$ and E below, in complex environments.

Question $36$ options:

Decentralized decision making

A functional department arrangement

Centralized decision making

A high level of specialization

A matrix structure

Question $37(1$ point$)$

In Q$$s accounting department, John only does billing, Jill only takes deposits, Fred only does receivables, and Hilda compiles accounting information. From a task point of view, the issue here is $\_\_\_\_.$

Question $37$ options:

span of control

technology

chain of command

specialization

authority delegation

Question $38(1$ point$)$

Your organization is increasing its differentiation based on changes to its external complexity. What will it need to try harder to do$?$

Question $38$ options:

clarify roles

train employees in communication

improve and$/$or increase coordination

not socialize newcomers

develop teams

Question $39(1$ point$)$

Organizations with an adaptive culture:

Question $39$ options:

are unlikely to survive in the long run

have no artifacts to keep their culture in place

are focused outwardly on customers and others outside the organization rather than inwardly

tend to be less ethical than organizations with non$-$adaptive cultures

Question $40(1$ point$)$

Jed had accepted a job with a national bank. After his first few weeks on the job Jed realized that the training and resources that he believed that he had been promised while being recruited did not materialize. Jed is experiencing a violation of his $\_\_\_\_.$

Question $40$ options:

selection bonus

job contract

psychological contract

attrition contract

Question $41(1$ point$)$

Which values are reflected in the way individuals actually behave?

Question $41$ options:

perceived values

enacted values

enduring values

hidden values

assumed values

Question $42(1$ point$)$

Jose felt that his values did not align well with those of a firm at which he had recently taken a position in accounting, and after some thought Jose resigned his position. Jose$$s behaviour is an example of $\_\_\_$ in the ASA theory.

Question $42$ options:

attrition

selection

attraction

betrayal

socialization

Question $43(1$ point$)$

Which organizational structure actually consists of several organizations?

Question $43$ options:

Network structure

Matrix structure

Simple structure

Divisional structure

Functional structure

Question $44(1$ point$)$

When work activities are too complex to standardize through procedures or goals, companies often coordinate work effort:

Question $44$ options:

through further division of labour

through direct supervision

by giving one employee most of the tasks previously divided among many people

by extensively training employees

through formal hierarchy