Question

A(n) ________ value is a desired end state or outcome that people seek to achieve.
Question 1 options:

A) terminal

B) instrumental

C) coaxial

D) authorial
Question 2 (1 point)
Which of the following socialization tactics leads to an individualized role orientation?
Question 2 options:

A) formal

B) collective

C) disjunctive

D) serial
Question 3 (1 point)
A bank has a training program that contains six stages. Newcomers must complete each stage of the training in one month, making the total training time six months. Which of the following socialization tactics is this bank using?
Question 3 options:

A) fixed

B) disjunctive

C) random

D) informal
Question 4 (1 point)
Which of the following socialization tactics involves providing newcomers with role models and mentors?
Question 4 options:

A) informal

B) disjunctive

C) random

D) serial
Question 5 (1 point)
One manufacturing company in the aluminum industry has an innovative culture, and a competitor from the same country has a conservative culture. What could account for this difference in organizational culture?
Question 5 options:

A) societal ethics

B) environmental richness

C) organizational structure

D) Stance on social responsibility
Question 6 (1 point)
Which of the following statements is true regarding mechanistic organizational structures?
Question 6 options:

A) Mechanistic structures are flat.

B) Mechanistic structures give little personal autonomy to employees.

C) Mechanistic structures are highly decentralized.

D) Mechanistic structures encourage a culture in which innovation and flexibility are the desired end states.
Question 7 (1 point)
A manager in a company believes that it is ok to give illegal bribes to city officials to get favorable decisions. His stance on corporate social responsibility could best be described as ________.
Question 7 options:

A) proactive

B) defensive

C) obstructionist

D) accommodative
Question 8 (1 point)
Which of the following is an instrumental value?
Question 8 options:

A) quality

B) being frugal

C) profitability

D) excellence
Question 9 (1 point)
The socialization programs used in companies like 3M and Microsoft recognize their most creative people with special job titles. This is an example of a rite of ________.
Question 9 options:

A) integration

B) passage

C) differentiation

D) responsibility
Question 10 (1 point)
The term "________" refers to a manager's duty or obligation to make decisions that nurture, protect, enhance, and promote the welfare and well-being of stakeholders and society as a whole.
Question 10 options:

A) rite of integration

B) rite of enhancement

C) organizational citizenship

D) social responsibility
Question 11 (1 point)
When new soldiers are recruited in the military, they go through preestablished drills and learning experiences. This is an example of a(n) ________ socialization tactic.
Question 11 options:

A) disjunctive

B) variable

C) informal

D) sequential
Question 12 (1 point)
Which of the following terms refers to the authority that an organization gives to its members to receive and use organizational resources?
Question 12 options:

A) licenses

B) patents

C) enhancement rights

D) property rights
Question 13 (1 point)
Which of the following allows new organizational members to try new norms and values?
Question 13 options:

A) an individualized role orientation

B) a narrow stance on social responsibility

C) a high degree of centralization

D) an institutionalized role orientation
Question 14 (1 point)
Divestiture involves ________.
Question 14 options:

A) separating newcomers from existing organizational members during the learning process

B) informing newcomers about the sequence in which they will perform new activities

C) existing organizational members acting as role models and mentors for newcomers

D) giving newcomers negative social support
Question 15 (1 point)
The characteristic way in which newcomers respond to a situation is called ________.
Question 15 options:

A) role orientation

B) socialization

C) formalization

D) internalization
Question 16 (1 point)
In an organization, who has the strongest property rights?
Question 16 options:

A) shareholders

B) top managers

C) customers

D) employees
Question 17 (1 point)
Organizational ________ is a set of shared values and norms that controls organizational members' interactions with each other and with people outside the organization.
Question 17 options:

A) design

B) culture

C) hierarchy

D) structure
Question 18 (1 point)
A company invites all its employees to a Christmas party. This is an example of a rite of ________.
Question 18 options:

A) integration

B) passage

C) responsibility

D) enhancement
Question 19 (1 point)
Managers adopting the ________ approach to social responsibility agree that organizational members ought to behave legally and ethically. These managers want to make choices that are reasonable in the eyes of society and want to do the right thing when called on to do so.
Question 19 options:

A) associative

B) obstructionist

C) integrative

D) accommodative
Question 20 (1 point)
Which of the following is used to convey cultural values to organizational members?
Question 20 options:

A) BCG matrix

B) red herring prospectus

C) annual reports

D) organizational stories
Question 21 (1 point)
Rites of ________ build and reinforce common bonds between organizational members.
Question 21 options:

A) passage

B) integration

C) enhancement

D) responsibility
Question 22 (1 point)
A newly hired sales trainee is encouraged to go into the marketplace, meet customers, and sell products her own way so that she can learn the appropriate tactics on her own. This is an example of a(n) ________.
Question 22 options:

A) institutionalized role orientation

B) sequential training program

C) individualized role orientation

D) serial socialization tactic
Question 23 (1 point)
A CEO of a company feels that he is only responsible for following the law and standard business practices. His company will most likely ________.
Question 23 options:

A) use socialization tactics that lead to an individualized role orientation

B) commit unethical acts

C) take a defensive stance on social responsibility

D) take an obstructionist stance on social responsibility
Question 24 (1 point)
Which of the following socialization tactics is most likely to be employed by an organization if it wants to achieve stability and predictability?
Question 24 options:

A) variable, disjunctive, investiture

B) random, variable, disjunctive

C) sequential, serial, divestiture

D) random, informal, investiture
Question 25 (1 point)
The purpose of rites of passage is to ________.
Question 25 options:

A) motivate organizational members to be committed to the company's norms and values

B) allow an organization to change its norms and values

C) build common bonds between organizational members

D) encourage members to learn and internalize the organization's norms and values

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Answer 1

Answering the first four questions as per Chegg policy

Answer 1: Option A - Terminal

Explanation: A terminal value is the one which represent the desired state of existence. It is the state or desired outcome that people wish to achieve.

Answer 2: Option C - Disjunctive

Explanation: Disjunctive socialisation tactics represents the state when new employees are not assigned any mentors, they don’t follow the instructions of others and they are not told how to perform their duties.

Answer 3: Option A – Fixed

Explanation: When the bank has made the duration and deliverables of the training program fixed in terms of tenure, it is an example of fixed socialisation tactics.

Answer 4: Option D - Serial

Explanation: In serial socialisation tactics, the new employees are given role models so that they can mentor them.