MADM 701-ORG CONTEXT: Design &
Culture CH#3 Exam Questions and
Answers
formal organization - Answers -a system of consciously coordinated activities of two or
more persons
-Chester Barnard
Chester Barnard - Answers -Cooperative System is contingent on the human
participant's ability to communicate and their willingness to serve and strive toward a
common purpose p.46
Modern Theoretical Foundation - Answers -View the Org as a System made up of
interacting Parts
Edgar Schein - Answers -organizational culture:
a pattern of basic assumptions—invented, discovered, or developed by a given group
as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration—
that
has worked well enough to be considered valuable and, therefore, to be taught to new
members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems.
p.57
Joanne Martin's 3 perspectives on culture - Answers -As individuals come into contact
with organizations, they come into contact with: -dress norms
-stories people tell about what goes on
-the organization's formal rules and pro- cedures,
-its formal codes of behavior, rituals, tasks, pay systems, jargon, and jokes only
understood by insiders, and so on.
These elements are some of the manifestations of organizational culture. (p. 57)
Organizational Culture - Answers -the set of values, ideas, attitudes, and norms of
behavior that is learned and shared among the members of an organization
Observed behavioral regularities - Answers -people interact w/ one another
common language
terminology
rituals related to deference and demeanor
Culture CH#3 Exam Questions and
Answers
formal organization - Answers -a system of consciously coordinated activities of two or
more persons
-Chester Barnard
Chester Barnard - Answers -Cooperative System is contingent on the human
participant's ability to communicate and their willingness to serve and strive toward a
common purpose p.46
Modern Theoretical Foundation - Answers -View the Org as a System made up of
interacting Parts
Edgar Schein - Answers -organizational culture:
a pattern of basic assumptions—invented, discovered, or developed by a given group
as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration—
that
has worked well enough to be considered valuable and, therefore, to be taught to new
members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems.
p.57
Joanne Martin's 3 perspectives on culture - Answers -As individuals come into contact
with organizations, they come into contact with: -dress norms
-stories people tell about what goes on
-the organization's formal rules and pro- cedures,
-its formal codes of behavior, rituals, tasks, pay systems, jargon, and jokes only
understood by insiders, and so on.
These elements are some of the manifestations of organizational culture. (p. 57)
Organizational Culture - Answers -the set of values, ideas, attitudes, and norms of
behavior that is learned and shared among the members of an organization
Observed behavioral regularities - Answers -people interact w/ one another
common language
terminology
rituals related to deference and demeanor
