What are basic underlying assumptions?

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decisions that are somewhat automatic because the employees' knowledge allows them to recognize the situation and the course of action to be taken $q,$

anecdotes, accounts, legends, and myths that are passed down from cohort to cohort within an organization $q,$

casual conversations about other people in the organization in which the facts are not confirmed as being true $q,$

taken$-$for$-$granted beliefs and philosophies that are so ingrained that employees simply act on them rather than questioning the validity of their behavior in a given situation $q,$

$$ aspects of an organization's culture that employees and outsiders can easily see or talk about