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Organizational Culture


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After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
  1. Describe the elements of organizational culture.


  2. Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures.


  3. List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is deciphered.


  4. Identify three functions of organizational culture.


  5. Discuss the conditions under which organizational culture strength improves organizational performance.


  6. Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures.


  7. Identify the four strategies for changing or strengthening an organization's culture.


  8. Apply attraction-selection-attrition theory to explain how organizational culture strengthens.


  9. Describe the stages of organizational socialization.


  10. Explain how realistic job previews assist the socialization process.








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