MGT605
Leadership and Organizations
Week 8
Discussion
DQ1 Discuss the ethical implications of a leader’s role in
the socialization of new hires into the preexisting culture of an organization.
What responsibility does a company have to inform newly hired persons that it
wants to shape their values, perceptions, and behavior to conform to the
organization’s culture? What impact does socialization have on both individual
and organizational effectiveness? Considering the concept of putting others
before oneself from Topic 1, how could this same concept affect a company’s
culture in regards to its organizational effectiveness?
DQ2 Contrast the corporate values espoused by two Fortune
500 companies. Select two firms that seem to manifest very different cultures.
Your response should focus on the tradeoffs you would experience working in the
two firms in terms of the values you bring to the workplace. How might your
values fit in or clash with the culture of these two organizations?