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What cultural types represent competing values?

A) Market and hierarchy
B) Hierarchy and clan
C) Clan and adhocracy
D) Adhocracy and market
E) Clan and market

F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Companies with adhocracy-type cultures are decreasing in the U.S. as many companies are becoming risk averse.

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B) False

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What is an adhocracy culture? How is this type of culture defined in the CVF? What would it be like to work in this type of culture?

Adhocracy cultures:

Identify and describe what occurs in the phases of organizational socialization. Give an example of each phase from past experience-a job, a club, a class, a program.

The hierarchy culture is externally focused, which produces a more formalized and structured work environment, and values stability and control over flexibility.

Effective onboarding programs result in increased retention, productivity, and rates of task completion for new hires.

Organizations with hierarchical cultures are described as:

In which stage of the organizational socialization process would a realistic job preview normally be provided?

___________ reflects the extent to which the work environment is perceived as positive and reinforcing, and the extent to which conflict and change are effectively managed.

Programs that help employees to integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs by making them familiar with corporate policies, procedures, culture, and politics are called realistic job previews.

A(n) _________ culture develops reliable internal processes, extensive measurement, and a variety of control mechanisms.

A program to help new recruits integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs by making them familiar with corporate policies, procedures, culture, and politics and by clarifying work-role expectations and responsibilities is known as a(n) :

Social responsibility is a company's ability to make a profit without sacrificing the resources of its people, the community, and the planet.

The CVF depicts organizational cultures along two dimensions: internal/external; and flexibility/discretion and stability/control.

The two dimensions of the competing values framework are:

Mentoring is the process of forming and maintaining intensive and lasting developmental relationships between a variety of developers and a junior person.

Rites and rituals are the planned and unplanned activities and ceremonies that are used to celebrate important events or accomplishments in the organization.

It is important for managers to increase the gaps between espoused and enacted values because they can significantly and positively influence employee attitudes and organizational performance.

A(n) _________ developmental network is composed of a few weak ties from one social system such as an employer or professional association.