BUSI 240 Quiz 8, Liberty University
• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Scenario A
Most employees at United FiberTech support the idea that the company's
success depends on their willingness to continually change and improve
customer service.
United FiberTech probably has
Selected Answer: an adaptive culture.
Response Feedback: An adaptive culture exists when employees are
receptive to change—they assume that the organization needs to
continuously adapt to its external environment and that they need to be
flexible in their roles within the organization. Employees in an adaptive
culture embrace an open systems perspective, in which the
organization's survival and success require ongoing adaptation to the
external environment, which itself is continuously changing.
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
At meetings of a major consumer products firm, employees habitually
stand up when the most senior executive at the meeting enters the room.
This practice represents
Selected Answer: a ritual that probably symbolizes the
organization's dominant culture.
Response Feedback: Rituals are the programmed routines of daily
organizational life that dramatize an organization's culture. They include
how visitors are greeted, how often senior executives visit subordinates,
, how people communicate with each other, how much time employees
take for lunch, and so on.
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
One of the functions of ________ is that it is a spawning ground for
emerging values that keep the firm aligned with the needs of customers,
suppliers, society, and other stakeholders.
Selected Answer: a subculture
Response Feedback: One of the functions of subcultures is that they are
the spawning grounds for emerging values that keep the firm aligned
with the needs of customers, suppliers, society, and other stakeholders.
Companies eventually need to replace their dominant values with ones
that are more appropriate for the changing environment.
• Question 4
2 out of 2 points
________ are unconscious, taken-for-granted perceptions or ideal
prototypes of behavior that are considered the correct way to think and
act toward problems and opportunities.
Selected Answer: Shared assumptions
Response Feedback: Organizational culture consists of shared
assumptions—a deeper element that some experts believe is the essence
of corporate culture. Shared assumptions are unconscious, taken-for-
granted perceptions or ideal prototypes of behavior that are considered
the correct way to think and act toward problems and opportunities.
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
During which of the following stages of socialization do people first
learn about the organization and job?
Selected Answer: preemployment
• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Scenario A
Most employees at United FiberTech support the idea that the company's
success depends on their willingness to continually change and improve
customer service.
United FiberTech probably has
Selected Answer: an adaptive culture.
Response Feedback: An adaptive culture exists when employees are
receptive to change—they assume that the organization needs to
continuously adapt to its external environment and that they need to be
flexible in their roles within the organization. Employees in an adaptive
culture embrace an open systems perspective, in which the
organization's survival and success require ongoing adaptation to the
external environment, which itself is continuously changing.
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
At meetings of a major consumer products firm, employees habitually
stand up when the most senior executive at the meeting enters the room.
This practice represents
Selected Answer: a ritual that probably symbolizes the
organization's dominant culture.
Response Feedback: Rituals are the programmed routines of daily
organizational life that dramatize an organization's culture. They include
how visitors are greeted, how often senior executives visit subordinates,
, how people communicate with each other, how much time employees
take for lunch, and so on.
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
One of the functions of ________ is that it is a spawning ground for
emerging values that keep the firm aligned with the needs of customers,
suppliers, society, and other stakeholders.
Selected Answer: a subculture
Response Feedback: One of the functions of subcultures is that they are
the spawning grounds for emerging values that keep the firm aligned
with the needs of customers, suppliers, society, and other stakeholders.
Companies eventually need to replace their dominant values with ones
that are more appropriate for the changing environment.
• Question 4
2 out of 2 points
________ are unconscious, taken-for-granted perceptions or ideal
prototypes of behavior that are considered the correct way to think and
act toward problems and opportunities.
Selected Answer: Shared assumptions
Response Feedback: Organizational culture consists of shared
assumptions—a deeper element that some experts believe is the essence
of corporate culture. Shared assumptions are unconscious, taken-for-
granted perceptions or ideal prototypes of behavior that are considered
the correct way to think and act toward problems and opportunities.
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
During which of the following stages of socialization do people first
learn about the organization and job?
Selected Answer: preemployment
