An Organizational Scholar Taking a Purist Approach Might Critique the Pragmatic

question 32

Multiple Choice

An organizational scholar taking a purist approach might critique the pragmatic approach to organizational culture because:

• A)Managing culture often manipulates organizational members' feelings and is therefore unethical.
• B)Managing culture promotes a "unified" culture and suppresses conflict and difference.
• C)Managing culture is an imprecise and perhaps impossible endeavor because we can't make causal links between culture and outcomes.
• D)All of the above.

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