Contributing to the Emergence and Sustainability of a Strong Culture

question 52

Multiple Choice

Contributing to the emergence and sustainability of a strong culture does NOT necessitate

• A)continuity of leadership, small group size, stable group membership, geographic concentration, and considerable organizational success.
• B)a founder or strong leader who establishes values, principles, and practices that are consistent and sensible in light of customer needs, competitive conditions, and strategic requirements.
• C)a sincere, long-standing company commitment to operating the business according to established traditions, thereby creating an internal environment that supports decision-making and strategies based on cultural norms.
• D)centralized decision-making, strict enforcement of company policies, and a strong commitment to being the market share leader.
• E)a genuine concern for the well-being of the organization's three biggest constituencies-customers, employees, and shareholders.

Explain the concept and practice of evidence-based management.

Understand the human relations movement and its critiques of earlier management approaches.

Grasp the concept of social capital in organizational contexts.

Identify and apply the core goals of the field of organizational behaviour.

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Definitions:

Inference Forms

Standard logical structures that outline the relationship between premises and conclusion, guiding the derivation of the latter from the former.

MP

A shorthand for "Member of Parliament," a representative elected to the legislative body of a country. Alternatively, in logic, it could stand for "Modus Ponens," a form of argument where from premises "If P, then Q" and "P," one concludes "Q."

Inference Forms

Structures of reasoning that establish a conclusion based on one or more premises.

MP

Stands for Modus Ponens, a crucial concept in formal logic entailing that from premises of the form "If P, then Q" and "P is true," one can conclusively deduce "Q must be true."