A Work Environment Where the Culture Is in Sync with the Chosen

question 46

Multiple Choice

A work environment where the culture is in sync with the chosen strategy and is conducive to good strategy execution it is considered a valuable managerial ally because:

• A) there is much less risk of embarrassing ethical violations.
• B) it provides company personnel with clear guidance regarding "how we do things around here and produces significant peer pressures from co-workers to conform to culturally acceptable norms".
• C) there is reduced need to incorporate negative motivational practices and punitive-type incentives into the reward structure and in the company's approach to people management.
• D) there is reduced need to employ benchmarking,best practice programs,reengineering,Six Sigma,and TQM to achieve competitive advantage.
• E) the culture can be readily incorporated into the company's strategic vision and facilitate the achievement of stretch objectives.