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Cultural Values


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You are invited to participate in a survey on managers' work activities. In this survey, approximately 100 people will be asked to complete a survey that asks questions about how various management activities are perceived by your organization. It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

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Consider each of the following statements based on the following hypothetical situation:

Imagine that a good friend has recently been hired as a middle manager at GE Transportation Systems. He / She has asked for advice on how to be a successful manager in their new job. Evaluate each of the following statements based on how important it is for a manager at GE Transportation Systems to do each of these work activities in order to be successful.
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Encourage employees to develop and strengthen their workgroup’s cohesiveness.
Allow employees to adapt the way they work to their unique abilities and preferences.
Single out individuals for recognition when organizational goals are met.
Fit in with your peers.
Share blame if a team member fails.
Give clear directives and oversee improvements.
Seek developmental opportunities to facilitate personal advancement.
Call attention to problems to promote learning and group problem solving.
Distinguish yourself professionally from your peers.
Build connection to employees through personal involvement and trust.
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Work alone rather than cooperate with someone whose ability is lower than your own.
Rely yourself to get things done right.
Coach and develop team members.
Strive to outperform others in your workplace.
Provide regular guidance on specific goals for each employee’s development.
Consider impact to others before changing work practices.
Work on process improvements on your own when the team is slowing things down.
Get consensus to find a suitable solution to a problem.
Rely on support of others to obtain desired outcomes.
Sacrifice achievement of personal objectives for the benefit of your workgroup.
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Invest time and production resources to support other areas that have fallen behind schedule.
Expect specialized staff to solve problems.
Persuade others to accept change by primarily emphasizing personal benefits.
Weigh input from your workgroup more than personal judgment when making decisions.
Reward the entire team equally when performance goals are met.
Persuade others to accept change by primarily emphasizing organizational benefits.
Reward individual accomplishments more highly than contributing to group efforts.
Work independently, without a lot of guidance.
Foster environment of mutual trust and support.
Create a sense of competition among employees in order to motivate them.
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Partner with other employees to resolve issues and concerns.
Consider each of the following statements based on the following hypothetical situation:

Imagine that a good friend has recently been hired as a middle manager at GE Transportation Systems. He / She has asked for advice on how to be a successful manager in their new job. Evaluate each of the following statements based on how important it is for a manager at GE Transportation Systems to do each of these work activities in order to be successful.
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Deviate from process standards in order to meet delivery dates.
Understand a problem through observing the process.
Understand a problem through detailed data analysis.
Support an investment decision only if the payback schedule is reasonable.
Nurture relationships among employees working on a process.
Follow the right process steps in order to get the right results over the long run.
Support an investment decision if you expect it to have positive benefits, even if they can’t be quantified.
Focus on improving the links between process steps.
Value getting everything done more than doing something right the first time.
Expect employees to agree on and follow standards methods for common jobs.
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Develop ways to work around problems when they occur.
Assess organizational health by monitoring progress against performance targets.
Focus on optimizing individual process steps.
Stop to understand how the process failed when problems occur.
Assess organizational health by monitoring the way that work is performed.
Develop the right process, and the results will follow.
Break up processes into pieces so they can be controlled and managed separately.
Know how to manipulate parts of the system to get desired results.
Choose doing a great job on a few things over getting everything done.
Get the results by any means necessary (within ethical boundaries).
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Drive the right results with the right metrics.
How many years have you worked for the General Electric Company?
How many years have you worked for GE Transportation Systems?
What Center of Excellence (COE) do you work for?
What is your current job function?
How would you rate your experience with lean manufacturing?
Do you currently support operations on a lean production line?
May I contact you in the future if I have additional clarification or follow up questions? (Selecting yes does not automatically mean you will be contacted.)
If you answered yes to the previous question, please provide your Email address.
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