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1
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Pattern of shared values, beliefs, and assumptions considered to be the appropriate way to think and act w/in an organization

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Organizational culture

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Characteristics of Organizational Culture

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  • Innovation&risk taking
  • Attention to detail
  • Outcome orientation
  • People orientation
  • Team orientation
  • Aggressiveness
  • Stability
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Aspects of an organization’s culture that you see, hear, and feel (a lvl of culture)

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Artifacts

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Understandings of how objects & ideas relate to eachother (a lvl of culture)

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Beliefs

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The stable, long- lasting beliefs about what is important (lvl of culture)

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Values

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Taken- for- granted notions of how something should be (lvl of culture)

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Assumptions

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A system of shared meaning that expresses the core values shared by a majority of the organization’s members

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dominant culture

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Mini- cultures w/in an organizations, defined by dpt destinations & geographical separation

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subcultures

9
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Primary/ dominant values accepted throughout the org.

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Core Values

10
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Intensely held, widely shared core values in a culture

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Strong culture

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Repetitive sequences of activities expressing & reinforcing key values of org.

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Rituals

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Process that adapts new employees to an organization’s culture

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Socialization

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Period of learning in socialization process- occurs before a new employee joins the org.

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Prearrival stage

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Stage in socialization process- new employee sees what org. is like & confronts possibility that expectations & reality may diverge

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Encounter stage

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Stage in socialization process- new employee adjusts to values & norms of job, work group & org.

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Metamorphosis stage

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Exam. of differences b/w 2 potential merger partners prior to a merger to determine whether the cultures will be able to work together

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Bicultural audit

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Culture that emphasizes bulding on employee strengths, rewards more than punishes, & emphasizes individual vitality & growth

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Positive organizational culture