Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Questions That

question 152

Multiple Choice

Refer to the Scenario below to answer the questions that follow.
Dimensions of Culture (Scenario)
Todd works for SeaLan Tech,a small environmental consulting firm that has just been purchased by Zerex,Inc.,a large biomedical research organization.The work environment at SeaLan had always been friendly and cooperative; people worked in teams and were encouraged to take risks.However,after meeting with the management of the new parent company,Todd believes there are considerable differences between the organizational cultures of Zerex and SeaLan.He is concerned that the new company will eliminate SeaLan's old culture,and he does not like the prospects.
-Todd is concerned that the managers at Zerex focus more on results than on the methods used to achieve those results.This relates to which dimension of organizational culture?

• A)stability
• B)aggressiveness
• C)team orientation
• D)attention to detail
• E)outcome orientation

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Definitions:

Humility

The quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance, often seen as a virtue in various ethical and philosophical systems.

Subgoals

Intermediate goals or objectives that are set as steps towards achieving a final goal, aiding in the organization and execution of complex tasks.

Heuristics

Simple, efficient rules, either hard-coded by evolutionary processes or learned, that help in decision-making, discovering, learning, or problem-solving with incomplete information.

Algorithms

A set of rules or procedures for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, often used in mathematics and computer science.