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What would be most beneficial to ask the assistant at this time?
You want a candid assessment of the work environment. Ask her what she likes most about working at Deductive. BEST
Would it be useful to learn more about the company's practices, traditions, and customs that align with the mottos the assistant is sharing with you?
Yes. You want to know how it is that mottos have been passed down through the last 60 years. BEST
Almost immediately you wonder if you have said the right thing. Have you?
It doesn’t matter. The key point is that valuable company time is being wasted. The CEO clearly doesn't care about his own company or the merger with Gerlach.
Yes. You are being direct. If the corporate cultures are to meld successfully, Deductive personnel have to know exactly where you stand. WRONG
No. You are jumping to conclusions. It is more important to have all the facts before
you speak.
Which of the following is most strongly suggested by the CEO’s statement?
Aversion to up-to-date technologies may be a core value at Deductive, but further inquiry will be necessary.
Do you believe that the stories that are handed down at Deductive will continue to have a significant impact on the organizational culture? You start to send an email to the HR analysts you are working with. What do you tell them?
Yes. Stories are crucial in explaining, and giving legitimacy to, current practices. BEST
You may not see the value in silly stories or keychains that you've heard Deductive employees seem to pass around, but these are important methods of culture-sharing among the organization's employees.
Symbols: Pens, key chains
Rituals: Weekly
Stories: Dr. He asks what you would like to see. You want to get a feel for how the employees view Deductive. He asks which area would be the most useful for you to visit. He notes that the break room might be pretty busy right now because many of the employees are on break.
You want to visit the break room, where the staff relaxes and eats. BEST
You want to see the CEO’s office, where the company’s leader works.
You want to see the lobby area, Deductive’s “public” face to the general public
and the area that first makes an impression on people. WRONG
What is the most important conclusion suggested by your observation of Deductive's lobby area?
Deductive may be slow to embrace technology.
Deductive values the end users—the students—above all else. OKAY
The prizes displayed represent an orientation toward outcomes that is healthy for the merged companies.
Back at the office you sit down and begin to outline Deductive's organizational culture characteristics. Which characteristics of organizational culture most and least valued by Deductive?
Highly valued: Outcome, People, Stability
Less: innovation, risk Back at the office you sit down with three of the Gerlach Human Resources Analysts. Right away they ask what kind of corporate culture you observed at Deductive.
Deductive has an employee-centered culture much like Gerlach, but you are concerned about the lack innovation.
As the Vice President of Human Resources, it is up to you to determine a way forward. How do you suggest proceeding with the acquisition of Deductive?
Emphasize the shared core values of the organizations and promote a climate
that rewards workers who exhibit those values, including both respect for tradition and openness to change.
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