Ask Socrates Inc

question 61

Multiple Choice

Ask Socrates Inc. is a computer software company that employs highly intelligent, but somewhat unusual people. Every Friday, free lollipops, toys, or other treats are given out to encourage employees to remember how creative they were when they were children. All the new members of the organization are told about the founders who were three young people who "got lucky" and sold a video game that they invented. The employees are allowed to dress informally and can set their own working hours.
-Ask Socrates Inc. employees are allowed to dress informally. This is an example of a ________ through which organizational culture is transmitted.

• A) primary procedure
• B) ritual
• C) material symbol
• D) symbolic act
• E) fundamental mechanism

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Definitions:

Advertising

The act or practice of calling public attention to products, services, needs, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers, magazines, on radio, or on television.

Least Squares Line

The line of best fit determined by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between observed values and the values predicted by the line.

Predicted Amount

The value estimated based on a statistical model or analysis.

Sales

The exchange of a commodity or service for money; the action of selling something.