GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

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Edgar Schein described three levels of organisational culture:
A
Task culture, role culture, person culture
B
Organisational attributes, professed culture, organisational assumptions
C
Power culture, task culture organizational attributes
D
Organisational attributes, person culture, professed culture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Edgar Schein presented three levels of organization in his 1991 article, “What is Culture?” He grouped organizational culture into three levels including artifacts, values, and underlying assumptions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Schein divided an organization’s culture into three distinct levels: artifacts, values, and assumptions. Artifacts are the overt and obvious elements of an organization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Values: These are the “espoused” values – often found on company websites and also the area which has the greatest chance of being disconnected from reality. Basic Assumptions: These are the beliefs that people use to make day-to-day decisions within an organization.

Detailed explanation-4: -Schein identifies 3 levels of culture : artifacts (visible), espoused beliefs and values (may appear through surveys) and basic underlying assumptions (unconscious taken for granted beliefs and values : these are not visible).

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