When a Company's Culture Is Out of Sync with What

question 87

Multiple Choice

When a company's culture is out of sync with what is needed for strategic success and good strategy execution,

• A) the strategy has to be changed to fit the culture as rapidly as possible.
• B) the company's strategic vision,strategic intent,and strategy have to be adjusted to better reflect ingrained core values and cultural norms.
• C) management needs to go on the offensive to reinterpret the culture and explain to company personnel why there really is good overall cultural fit with the strategy.
• D) the culture has to be changed to accommodate the requirements of good strategy execution as rapidly as can be managed.
• E) management must urge company to participate in an all-out effort to create a different portfolio of competencies and capabilities that will permit the strategy to be changed in ways that will fit the culture.