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Brevik Pharma is a research-driven firm whose staff are highly qualified specialists. Employees value personal autonomy, the firm has little hierarchy, and each specialist is expected to pursue the work they find most valuable. Using Handy's four culture types, which culture best describes Brevik?

The best fit is the existential culture. In Handy's model this culture exists to serve the individual specialist, who values autonomy and minimal hierarchy. Task cultures centre on team projects, role cultures on rules and defined jobs, and power cultures on one dominant central figure.

  1. ARole culture
  2. BPower culture
  3. CTask culture
  4. DExistential cultureCorrect

Explanation

Handy's existential culture exists to serve the individual, typical of professional partnerships where specialists are autonomous and the organisation is a support for them. A task culture focuses on team-based completion of projects, a role culture on rules and defined functions, and a power culture on a central figure. The emphasis here on individual autonomy points to existential.

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