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Compare and contrast the relative importance of the three characteristics that companies look for in managers as they rise through the management hierarchy. In other words, describe the similarities and differences in these characteristics among lower-, middle-, and upper-level managers, and explain the reasons for the differences.

List and describe the four characteristics of successful organizational cultures and explain what is meant by success in this context. Identify an organization that you are aware of that seems to have a successful organizational culture, and characterize that organization on each of these four dimensions. Can an organization still have a successful culture if it is weak on one of these dimensions?

What is social responsiveness? Identify the four strategies that can be used to respond to social responsibility problems. What is the common dimension on which these strategies differ? Use the relationship between social responsibility and economic performance to explain why a company might choose one strategy over another in a given set of circumstances.