Organisational Stories Are Most Effective at Communicating Organisational Culture

question 43

Multiple Choice

Organisational stories are most effective at communicating organisational culture:

• A) Never; organisational stories always misrepresent the organisation's true culture
• B) Only when they are told by senior executives to the public
• C) When they describe real people and are assumed to be true
• D) When they are descriptive rather than prescriptive

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Definitions:

Linguistic Relativity

The hypothesis that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition, suggesting language shapes thought and experiences.

Over-regularisation

A phenomenon in language acquisition where individuals, especially children, apply standard grammatical rules too widely, leading to errors.

Overextension

In language development, it's a child's use of a word in a broader context than is appropriate, indicating their learning process.

Fast Mapping

The rapid mental process by which children learn new words and concepts with minimal exposure.