38) Strong organizational culture can eliminate the need for rules and bylaws. Answer: TRUE Explanation: A strong culture can serve as guidelines for employees, eliminating the need for official rules and regulations. Diff: 3 Page Ref: 41 AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 39) Having a strong culture can allow an organization to avoid any worry about ethics violations. Answer: FALSE Explanation: Though a strong culture can be helpful in ethical matters, it is still no guarantee that employees will refrain from unethical behavior. Diff: 2 Page Ref: 41 AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 40) Strong cultures make a manager's job easy because all organizational policies, practices, and traditions are provided in writing for easy reference. Answer: FALSE Explanation: In most cases, organizational policies, practices, and traditions are unwritten and, in many cases, unspoken. Diff: 2 Page Ref: 41 AACSB: Multicultural and diversity understanding Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 41) In a ready-fire-aim culture, managers will endlessly analyze a situation before taking action. Answer: FALSE Explanation: Managers who too much time analyzing are members of a ready-aim-fire culture, not a ready-fire-aim culture. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 42 Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 42) Organizational culture largely determines how much risk members of an organization will take. Answer: TRUE Explanation: The amount of risk that employees are willing to take is largely communicated through organizational culture. Diff: 2 Page Ref: 42 Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 43) According to Zappos' management, this is the secret to Zappos' success. A) strong organizational culture
38) Strong organizational culture can eliminate the need for rules and bylaws. Answer: TRUE Explanation: A strong culture can serve as guidelines for employees, eliminating the need for official rules and regulations. Diff: 3 Page Ref: 41 AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 39) Having a strong culture can allow an organization to avoid any worry about ethics violations. Answer: FALSE Explanation: Though a strong culture can be helpful in ethical matters, it is still no guarantee that employees will refrain from unethical behavior. Diff: 2 Page Ref: 41 AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 40) Strong cultures make a manager's job easy because all organizational policies, practices, and traditions are provided in writing for easy reference. Answer: FALSE Explanation: In most cases, organizational policies, practices, and traditions are unwritten and, in many cases, unspoken. Diff: 2 Page Ref: 41 AACSB: Multicultural and diversity understanding Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 41) In a ready-fire-aim culture, managers will endlessly analyze a situation before taking action. Answer: FALSE Explanation: Managers who too much time analyzing are members of a ready-aim-fire culture, not a ready-fire-aim culture. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 42 Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 42) Organizational culture largely determines how much risk members of an organization will take. Answer: TRUE Explanation: The amount of risk that employees are willing to take is largely communicated through organizational culture. Diff: 2 Page Ref: 42 Objective: 2.4 Learning Outcome: Explain the influences of organizational culture 43) According to Zappos' management, this is the secret to Zappos' success. A) strong organizational culture
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