Discussion:
1. A CEO wishes to discuss significant cuts for an organization experiencing financial difficulties. The CEO knows a high richness channel is needed, but geographic dispersion of employees is a constraint. The best communication channel for this message would be ______________.
2. The ABC Corporation has been performing effectively for many years and has developed a strong organizational culture that is well accepted by all organizational members. In recent years its business environment has changed significantly but so far the organization has been able to maintain its competitiveness. The leaders of the ABC Corporation should _______________.
3. Leaders in high-performance cultures must develop commitment and trust among all followers. Among the specific suggestions that Lawler made for creating commitment and trust is ___________________.
4. All of the following are among the most cited advantages of diversity EXCEPT that __________.
5. The Competing Values Framework (CVF) supports which of the following statements about organizational culture?
6. The type of communication more concerned with transactional types of exchanges, implementation of details, and controlling and correcting daily processes is known as ______________.
7. Which leadership stage of intercultural and diversity awareness is predominated by an "us" versus "them" attitude, and where culturally different people are seen as a "problem" to be avoided
8. Organizational culture
9. Diversity can serve as a marketing advantage if a company's workforce _____________.
10. In the CVF model, the organizational culture characterized by values such as agreeableness, consideration, cooperation, fairness, and equality is called the _______________ culture