1. Describe three different types of organizational cultures. When would each be most and least effective for no research and development company dependent on employee innovation?
2. Do you think that culture is important to organizational performance? Why or why not?
3. How do you learn about prospective employer’s cultures? How important is a company’s culture to you when you decide to apply or to accept a job offer?
4. Which of the four conflict management cultures would be the best fit for you? Why?
5. What can companies do to create and reinforce a culture of inclusion?
6. In what ways can the influence of the founder of an organization be assessed after that founder is no longer a part of the organization?
7. How are technology and innovation interrelated?
8. What current examples can you identify to reflect radical, systems, and incremental innovations?
9. Describe how you might go about taking advantage of an existing organizational culture.