Who Argue for a Contingency Model Whereby Better Performing Organizations

question 12

Multiple Choice

Who argue for a contingency model whereby better performing organizations have strong cultures, but only of culture fits the organizations environment?

• A) Parry and Proctor-Thompson (2003)
• B) Kotter and Heskett (1992)
• C) Ogbonna and Harris (2000)
• D) None of these

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Definitions:

Gambler's Fallacy

The erroneous belief that if an event occurs more frequently than normal during some period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa.

Roulette-Type Game

A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used.