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Halden Logistics has a founder-CEO who personally sets every target, rewards loyalty above results and expects staff to follow his instructions without question. Over time employees stop proposing ideas. Using Handy's cultural types, which culture does this most closely describe?

This is a power culture in Handy's model, because control is concentrated in one dominant founder whose personal authority drives decisions and rewards, rather than formal rules, project teams or individual specialists.

  1. APower cultureCorrect
  2. BRole culture
  3. CTask culture
  4. DPerson culture

Explanation

Handy's power culture centres on a single dominant individual, with control radiating from the centre and decisions depending on personal influence. Role culture relies on formal rules and job descriptions, which are not the key feature here. Task culture is team and project based, and person culture serves the individuals within it, so neither fits.

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