Question

mantle inc. is noted for its philosophy of having fun, holding parties, and celebrating. for example, staff in each city in which the firm operates are given a budget for parties. the company also uses a variety of performance - based awards and service awards to reinforce employees efforts. its positive and enriching environment is supported by the very low employee turnover. what function of organizational culture does this represent?
competing values
organizational socialization
sense - making
social system stability
mentoring

Explanation:

To determine the function of organizational culture, we analyze each option:

• Competing values: Focuses on balancing different value sets, not relevant here.
• Organizational socialization: Involves new employees learning norms, not about stability from low turnover.
• Sense - making: Helps employees interpret events, not related to turnover or social system stability.
• Social system stability: Organizational culture can create a stable environment. Mantle Inc. has a positive culture (parties, awards) leading to very low employee turnover, which stabilizes the social system (workforce) of the organization.
• Monitoring: Not a standard function of organizational culture related to this context.

So the function represented is social system stability.

Answer:

D. social system stability