A strongly implanted culture provides a huge assist in executing strategy because company managers can use the traditions, beliefs, values, common bonds, or behavioral norms
A. as disciplinary measures in making the employees perform better and achieve targets.
B. as reinforcement for convincing staff that the strategy is sound and molded in tradition.
C. to manipulate jobholders into thinking traditions are important.
D. to ensure the staff will embrace the new strategy like they have in the past.
E. as levers to mobilize commitment to executing the chosen strategy.
Answer: E
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