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This organisation concentrates on avoiding mistakes and does not take risks. |
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In this organisation, people have no fear of admitting to mistakes. |
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At times, management appears reluctant to share vital operating information with the work force. |
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Few managers are able to influence things in this organisation. |
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People are very reluctant to express differences of opinion with senior management's view in this organisation. |
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The senior managers in this organisation are rarely willing to accept the ideas of more junior people. |
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The leadership of this organisation have frequent contact with the troops at the customer interface. |
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In this organisation, seniors teach, mentor and share work-related information with juniors. |
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There are clear status differentials in this organisation. |
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There are many reporting or management levels in the chain of command in this organisation. |
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The credibility of the leadership in this organisation is in question. |
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There is ample budget and much encouragement to attend training courses in this organisation. |
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In this organisation, things are pretty well OK as they are. |
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This organisation has its weaknesses of course but to be honest they are not that serious |
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Frankly, the competition has more to fear from us than we do from them. |
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This organisation has a great deal of experience. It knows what to do for the best. |
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None of our competitors' strategies, strengths or products are really superior to our own. |
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We are very well informed on what our competition is doing. |
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The industry we are in does not really change very much. |
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This organisation ensures it stays close to its customers. |
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In this organisation, we work very hard to learn from our customers and suppliers. |
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The "Not Invented Here Syndrome" is alive and well in this organisation. |
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People are encouraged to attend conferences and to try out new ideas. |
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We are always careful to pick the brains of departing personnel. |
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In this organisation, most of us concentrate upon our own jobs. |
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26 |
People work very much within their own departments in this organisation. |
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27 |
In this organisation, people are often seen to be hoarding information and jockeying for position. |
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28 |
In this organisation, other people's knowledge is readily shared and retrieved. |
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29 |
There are barriers in this organisation that seem based on race, gender, age, or ethnic differences. |
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30 |
We are all aware that different departments may have different ways of working and we all try hard to share perspectives. |
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The reward system in this organisation is based upon individual and departmental achievement. |
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In this organisation, we are well aware of management style differences and seek to work with them. |
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We do not expect or require people who are sent to attend special
training courses to share their learning when they get back home. |
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34 |
Lessons learned and new practices are quickly shared among departments and operating units wherever we work. |
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This organization has clearly stated its core values. |
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36 |
In this organisation, we are encouraged to network inside and outside the company. |
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New ways of looking at things, even radical ones, are welcomed in this organisation. |
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This organisation is willing to copy the competition but only after detailed review. |
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This organisation always clearly defines the expected outcomes of any proposed change in order to measure success. |
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In this organisation, we use effective statistical techniques to analyse the origin of problems and determine their solution. |
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To be honest, we are not good at follow-up nor do we carry out in-process reviews. |
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This organisation takes the time to reflect on experience of any failures and is always willing to revise its approach. |
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This organisation seems to value fire-fighting skills highly. |
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This organisation prides itself on its stream of creative new initiatives. |
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There is a great deal of reliance on analysis as opposed to intuition in this organisation. |
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This organisation is always ready to question its business assumptions to check their validity. |
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In this organisation, management is clearly able to discriminate between what is important and what is not. |
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This organisation is clearly concerned to fully tap people's potential. |
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