Self-evaluation Test for Lecture 2

   

  Terms Matching Exercise

   A. values                                                             B. organizational
   culture

   C. artifacts                                                           D. rituals

   E. turbulent environment                                       F. stakeholder

   G. social responsibility                                         H. strong culture

   I. specific environment                                         J. environmental complexity

   

   

   1. ………  organization in which the key values are intensely held and widely shared.

   2. ………  rapid changes on a regular basis.

   3. ………  an obligation, beyond that required by the law and economics, for a firm to pursue
   long-term goals that are good for society.

   4. ………  stable, long lasting beliefs about what is important to the individual, what is right
   or wrong.

   5. ………  the number of components in an organization’s environment and the extent of an
   organization’s knowledge about its environmental components.

   6. ………  the observable symbols and signs of an organizational culture.

   7. ………  a constituency in the environment that is affected by an organization’s decision and
   policies.

   8. ………  programmed routines of daily organizational life.

   9. ………  the part of the environment that is directly relevant to the achievement of an
   organization’s goals.

   10. ……    the basic pattern of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs governing the way
   people within an organization think about and act on problems and opportunities.

   

   

  True or False Exercise

   T    F       1.   Much of what occurs inside an organization in terms of performance is
   affected by the external environment.

   T    F       2.   As the environment gets more complex an organization should reduce the
   number of departments it has.

   T    F       3.   We can see an organization’s cultural assumptions, values and beliefs
   directly.

   T    F       4.   Corporate social involvement has been found positively related with economic
   performance.

   

   Key to tests – Lecture 2

  

  

  Terms Matching Exercise

   1H; 2E; 3G; 4A; 5J; 6C; 7F; 8D; 9I; 10B

   

  True or False Exercise

   1T; 2F; 3F; 4T