DDI Organizational Culture Assessment 3

Question 1

In DDI's organizational culture model, which of the following best describes an 'aggressive-defensive' culture orientation?

Accepted Answer

Employees are driven to outperform peers and protect their status at others' expense

Answer

Aggressive-defensive cultures are characterized by competitive, power-seeking, and oppositional behaviors where winning at others' expense is normalized.

Question 2

A DDI assessment reveals that an organization scores high on 'dependent' culture norms. Which leadership intervention is most directly indicated?

Accepted Answer

Build employee empowerment and psychological safety to reduce authority dependence

Answer

High dependent culture scores indicate over-reliance on authority figures, so the intervention should build empowerment and psychological safety that enables autonomous decision-making.

Question 3

Which metric is most useful for tracking culture change progress after a DDI-guided culture initiative?

Accepted Answer

Repeated administration of the culture assessment with norm score trend analysis

Answer

Repeating the culture assessment at defined intervals and tracking norm score trends provides direct evidence of culture shift attributable to the initiative.

Question 4

In DDI's framework, how does organizational culture relate to the effectiveness of leadership development programs?

Accepted Answer

A defensive or passive culture can undermine newly learned leadership behaviors back on the job

Answer

DDI research shows that passive or defensive cultures create organizational conditions that prevent leaders from applying new skills learned in development programs.

Question 5

An organization's culture assessment shows a large standard deviation in norm scores across business units. What does this pattern most likely indicate?

Accepted Answer

Significant subculture variation exists across the organization

Answer

High variance in norm scores across business units points to the presence of distinct subcultures that may need unit-level rather than organization-wide culture interventions.

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DDI Organizational Culture Assessment 3