Sumathy Kumar Is a Manager Tasked with Building Common Norms

question 61

Multiple Choice

Sumathy Kumar is a manager tasked with building common norms and values at a new social networking start-up, Spirit. As a brand-new company, Spirit does not yet have a clear-cut organizational culture. The company founder has chosen Sumathy for this task because of her outgoing and positive personality. Which of the following represents the most effective way Sumathy can progress toward encouraging shared norms and values at Spirit?

• A)She can halt the singling out of individual employees at awards ceremonies because it discourages other employees.
• B)She can post a report about the importance of socialization to the company website and email its link to all employees.
• C)She can share stories about organizational heroes and villains and their actions.
• D)She can stay late at the office to lead by example and encourage others to do the same.
• E)She can encourage employees to suggest how other coworkers can be more sociable.

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