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Organizational culture is often defined by three elements, artifacts, values, and assumptions. When the photoshopped picture of David Brent was distributed throughout Wernham-Hogg's Slough branch, it became part of what element of the office's culture?

Group of answer choices

Artifact

Value

Assumption

All of the above

Artifact

If David Brent wanted to change the organizational culture at Wernham-Hogg's Slough branch which of the following strategies could he try?

Group of answer choices

Hire new employees that embraced the ideals of a new culture.

Develop new rites and rituals consistent with a new culture.

Use role modeling, training, and coaching.

All of the above

All of the above

A hostile work environment occurs when unwelcome and demeaning sexually related behavior creates an intimidating, hostile, and offensive work environment. A hostile work environment may not result in economic injury. However, it can lead to psychological injury from a stressful work environment. If you were a female employee at Wernham-Hogg's Slough branch, how would you interpret the environment of the office?

Group of answer choices

As potential Sexual harassment

As perfectly normal behavior

As harmless fun

None of the above

As potential Sexual harassment

When David Brent talks about the environment of the office he expresses the importance of unconditional trust and humor in the workplace. This is known as a(an):

Group of answer choices

espoused value

enacted value

shared value

enhanced value

espoused value

Gareth and Tim are both salesmen with the same level of responsibility. When Gareth is given the task of discovering who was responsible for the office prank he assumed this meant he had greater authority—effectively giving Tim a second boss. According to Henri Fayol, what principle of management does this violate?

Group of answer choices

chain of command

unity of command

remuneration

espirit de corps

unity of command

Wernham-Hogg's Slough branch has a culture that appears to be very internally focused and lacks flexibility in its approach to dealing with issues. According to the competing values framework this would categorize them as a:

Group of answer choices

Market

Clan

Adhocracy

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

An organization's founder often establishes the culture. The manager can also set the tone and shape it over time given the right conditions. Which best describes the culture that David Brent has allowed to prevail?

Group of answer choices

work-focused & productive

inclusive & open-minded

sexually-charged & lackadaisical

boring & profit-oriented

sexually-charged & lackadaisical

Who created the offensive photo of David Brent?

Group of answer choices

Finchy

Gareth

Dawn

Tim

Finchy

Artifacts are the "visible" elements of a culture that can be identified to help diagnose the kind of culture that exists in an organization. Which of the following is NOT an example of an artifact that David Brent could use to assess the culture of his office?

Group of answer choices

the language used by the warehouse workers to describe other employees

the rituals used by office workers in how they treated each other

the stories they told each other about past events at work and how they influenced what happened in the present

the assumptions that each employee possess about the organization's policies

the assumptions that each employee possess about the organization's policies

What type of organization would best describe Wernham-Hogg?

Group of answer choices

For-profit

Non-profit

Mutual-benefit

None of the above

For-profit

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Which of the following Cannot be considered an artefact of Organisational culture?

Assumptions cannot be observed and therefore cannot be cultural artifacts.

What are the artifacts of organizational culture?

Artifacts – A Minutia of Culture Work-related artifacts include our processes, policies, and procedures, as well as our technologies, daily interactions, and the environments we create.

Which of the following would be considered artifacts of an organization?

The dress code of the employees, office furniture, facilities, behavior of the employees, mission and vision of the organization all come under artifacts and go a long way in deciding the culture of the workplace.

Which of the following is not an attribute of organizational culture?

The correct answer is A) attention to detail.