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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Definitions:

Sample Proportion

The ratio of members in a sample that have a particular attribute to the total number of members in that sample.

Sample Size

The number of observations or datapoints collected in a sample, critical in determining the precision of estimates and power of statistical tests.

Type II Error

The statistical mistake of failing to reject a null hypothesis when it is actually false.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that proposes there is no significant difference or effect within the specified population.