Question

Marie who has been the department manager at Verve, Inc., for five years starts every Monday morning with a 60-minute department meeting where each member in the department gets five minutes to report progress, share stories of success and failure, and seek general input, advice, and information. Jeremy is responsible for sharing an anecdote, an account, or a legend about the company for every first Monday of the month to keep everyone reminded of where they work and what is important. Marie has created the workplace for her department in a totally open forum. There are no walls or cubicles, and everyone including Marie is in one open room. Marie has created a skull with a victory flag on its forehead as her department's corporate logo representing the "victory or die trying" motto for her group. The group has succeeded in achieving some exceptional results in the past two years.Jeremy has the responsibility for sharing which of the following every first Monday of the month?
A. Symbols
B. Stories
C. Espoused values
D. Ceremonies
E. Language

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Stories

Explanation:

Stories are part of the artifacts or manifestations of the organization's culture. They reflect the values and past actions (specially success stories) of the organization's history and attempt to create a type of legend surrounding certain events. The stories about the organization must be based on facts and are generally exaggerated, but they should never be considered fiction.

Answer 2

Answer:

Jeremy has the responsibility for sharing stories. Option B

Explanation:

A story refers to a tale that is created for entertainment or a retelling of something that occurred. Stories can also be used to motivate people, as can be seen in the scenario presented above, where Jeremy uses stories to create an idea in the minds of his colleagues about the company.

Stories can either be based on facts or they can just be made up, in the scenario presented above, the stories that Jeremy tells are based on facts about the company.