Question

Trends Inc. is an apparel company. To keep up with the latest changes in the fashion industry, the company has to come up with innovative designs and follow strict time lines. The culture of the company values aggressiveness, innovation, and risk taking. The members of the organization accept these cultural values. They know exactly what is expected of them and these expectations go a long way in shaping their behavior. In addition to this, the culture of the marketing department is outcome oriented, and the finance department emphasizes attention to detail. The organizational culture of Trends Inc. values aggressiveness, innovation, and risk taking. These characteristics express its ________. dominant culture autocratic culture highly formalized culture subculture reflective culture

Answer 1

Answer:

Dominant culture

Explanation:

A dominant culture is a culture that is dominant and practiced within a certain organization, ethnicity, etc. This dominant culture could be a language, a certain value or custom.

In the above question, aggressiveness, innovation and risk taking are dominant cultures in Trends Inc. This means that the above 3 values are very dominant feature in the manner of operation and running of the trends Inc.

This means that in Trends Inc, each and every employee of the firm has the above dominant cultures inculcated in them as it is a prerequisite and it shows the firm's values.

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Answer 2

Answer:

subculture

Explanation:

The core values of Trends's organizational culture are aggressiveness, innovation and risk taking. Adding to the company's core values, the marketing and finance department also have their own specific values (along with the company's) and they are part of the company's subculture. A large company may have one culture that applies to the whole company and several subcultures that complement the company's culture but apply only to specific departments.