Which of the Following Statements About the Match Between a Company's

question 80

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the match between a company's culture and its strategy is false?

• A) When a company's present work climate promotes attitudes and behaviors that are well suited to first-rate strategy execution,its culture functions as a valuable ally in the strategy execution process.
• B) A deeply embedded culture tightly matched to the strategy aids the cause of competent strategy execution by steering company personnel to culturally-approved behaviors and work practices and thus making it far simpler to root out operating practices that are a misfit.
• C) It is in management's best interest to dedicate considerable effort to embedding a corporate culture that encourages behaviors and work practices conducive to good strategy execution.
• D) A tight strategy-culture alignment facilitates building core competencies and distinctive competencies that lead to low operating costs and a cost-based competitive advantage.
• E) When a company's culture is grounded in many of the needed strategy-executing behaviors,employees feel genuinely better about their jobs and what the company is trying to accomplish;as a consequence,greater numbers of company personnel exert their best efforts to execute the strategy and achieve performance targets.

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