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Soru 1

Which of the following sentences are true about culture?

I Perspectives, beliefs, and knowledge are the tangible dimensions of culture.

II Culture is an analytical phenomenon.

III Culture is an integrative and emotional phenomenon.

IV Culture is subjevtive so it has to be interpreted.

V Culture is collectively shared.

Soru 2

Which one below is not among the first reasons behind the rise of organizational culture as a concept for understanding organizations in 90s ?

Çözüm Açıklaması

Individualism and alienation: By the end of 1970s modern societies witnessed widespread diffusion of individualism that alienated people from the society. Lonely people searching for an identity celebrated organizational culture as a haven. Organizational culture allowed people to answer aching questions for raison d’etre! “Who am I, what is my reason for being in this world? what this organization stands for?” are all examples of questions asked and generally found an explanation within the concept of organizational culture. • Technically advanced production and the rise of service industry: Production process was upgraded to an advanced level in which automation became widespread. Moreover, the volume of service industry gradually surpassed goods production in many developed countries. Thus, employees had to be more customer-focused and technically qualified. Consequently, skillful and welltrained employees preferred independent working conditions. Organizational culture, as a way of controlling employee behavior, allows members to use their judgment, and act more freely within defined organizational norms. Once members of the organizations cultivated with organizational values, close supervision will be redundant.

Machine bureaucracy gradually became less useful in managing people: Scientific management was the paradigm relevant to 1960s and 1970s. During 1980s validity of scientific management as the only paradigm for managing people started to be scrutinized. The effectiveness of objective and mathematical management techniques like time-and-motion studies was challenged. This movement led scholars focusing on the human aspect of management, or in other words, “soft” aspects of organizations. •

Innovative production techniques: Mass production techniques increase the level of efficiency. But these techniques usually decrease the overall flexibility of the organization. To balance the level of efficiency with the degree of flexibility, organizations should employ people who have a sense of active belonging and commitment. Organizational culture is providing a cognitive scheme through which members can agree upon collective values, and thus elevates the level of organizational commitment. • Japanese miracle: After the devastation experienced by Japan following the 2nd World War, Japan’s reborn as an economic power found to be related to the Japanese management style. Globalization which is generally equated with getting rid of economic, political, cultural, and technological barriers led to an increase in awareness and curiosity in the global west for the east. It was self-evident that Japanese miracle was mostly related to the Japanese cultural value system and its reflections within Japanese organizations. Other countries also tried to understand and encapsulate these reflections for themselves, and hence the interest in the cultural aspect of organizations tend to strengthen.

Soru 3

Which of the statements below are true about organizational culture?

I It is usually defined as a norm and value-based phenomenon.

II It offers organizational members well-defined integrative patterns for expressing themselves.

III It provides shared values that make being a part of an organization meaningful

IV It shapes organizational members’ attitudes and behaviors based on mutually accepted rules, norms, and values.

V It cannot be historically transferred from generations to generations.

Soru 4

Which term below can be defined as "groups sharing overall cultural values of the society but diverges from these groups by holding different values brought by their lifestyles, values, and norms"?

Soru 5

Which statement is not true for countercultures?

Soru 6

Which one below is not one of the advantages of having strong organizational culture?

Soru 7

Which one below is one of the levels of organizational culture?

Soru 8

Which one below is a verbal artifact?

Soru 9

One-Best-Way models of organizational culture are in really good, well-packaged management consultancy products providing universal recipes of success. Who can be regarded as precursors of one-best-way models?

Soru 10

Whose model of organizational culture is summarized in the table below ?

Soru 11

Which of the statements above about culture is/are true?

Soru 12

Which of the statements above prove that although culture has become one of the most popular concepts of management and organization curriculum by the 1980’s, it has much deeper historical roots?

Soru 13

Which of the following was one of the factors that triggered the rise of cultural perspective in organizational theory?

Çözüm Açıklaması

By the end of 1970s modern societies witnessed widespread diffusion of individualism that alienated people from the society. Lonely people searching for an identity celebrated organizational culture as a haven. Organizational culture allowed people to answer aching questions for raison d’etre! “Who am I, what is my reason for being in this world? what this organization stands for?” are all examples of questions asked and generally found an explanation within the concept of organizational culture. Production process was upgraded to an advanced level in which automation became widespread. Moreover, the volume of service industry gradually surpassed goods production in many developed countries. us, employees had to be more customer-focused and technically qualified. Consequently, skilful and well- trained employees preferred independent working conditions. Organizational culture, as a way of controlling employee behaviour, allows members to use their judgment, and act more freely within de ned organizational norms. Once members of the organizations cultivated with organizational values, close supervision will be redundant. Machine bureaucracy gradually became less useful in managing people: Scientific management was the paradigm relevant to 1960s and 1970s. During 1980s validity of scientific management as the only paradigm for managing people started to be scrutinised. e effectiveness of objective and mathematical management techniques like time-and-motion studies was challenged. is movement led scholars focusing on the human aspect of management, or in other words, “soft” aspects of organizations. After the devastation experienced by Japan following the 2nd World War, Japan’s reborn as an economic power found to be related to the Japanese management style. Globalization which is generally equated with getting rid of economic, political, cultural, and technological barriers led to an increase in awareness and curiosity in the global west for the east. It was self-evident that Japanese miracle was mostly related to the Japanese cultural value system and its reflections within Japanese organizations. Other countries also tried to understand and encapsulate these re ections for themselves, and hence the interest in the cultural aspect of organizations tend to strengthen. The correct answer is Choice E.

Soru 14

Which of the following, in his classic book called Organizational Culture and Leadership, warns us that culture is not just what we see, and adds that culture is generally deeply rooted sub-consciously in people’s minds?

Soru 15

_____________ is defined as groups sharing overall cultural values of the society but diverges from these groups by holding different values brought by their lifestyles, values, and norms.

Chose the right word to complete the definition.

Soru 16

Which of the statements above is/are true?

Soru 17

Which of the following is also called counterculture?

Soru 18

Which of the following is considered to be one of the disadvantages of having a strong organizational culture?

Soru 19

Which of the statements below about the levels of organizational culture is/are true?

Soru 20

Taking artifacts into consideration, which of the following is an example for objects?

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