Changing a Problem Culture to Create Better Alignment with Strategy

question 33

Multiple Choice

Changing a problem culture to create better alignment with strategy generally does NOT involve

• A)replacing old-culture managers with new-breed managers.
• B)designing compensation incentives that boost the pay of teams and individuals who display the desired cultural behaviors and hit change-resisters in the pocketbook.
• C)altering the company's financial objectives.
• D)using company gatherings and ceremonial occasions to praise individuals and groups that display the desired new cultural traits and behaviors.
• E)both symbolic and substantive actions by executives to implant new cultural behaviors.

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