Lorsch found that executives in successful companies are emotionally committed to the firm's culture, but he concluded that culture can inhibit strategic management in the following way: A. Managers frequently miss the significance of changing external conditions because they are blinded by strongly held beliefs. B. When a particular culture has been effective in the past, the natural response is to change the culture going forward. C. Employees can get so attached to cultural products that they ignore strategies and tactics. D. Employees oftentimes ignore culture. E. Culture is more important to executives than to employees.

E.A, B, and C

Explanation:

Culture can inhibit management by the fact that strong belief may become an inhibition to innovative thinking and executives may wish to continue doing things the way that they've been done for a long time and therefore refuse to adapt to new changes. It can cause the error of thinking that what has worked before will continue to work and never fail. Culture should therefore be adjusted at some point or under certain circumstances.

dear friend:

  i hope this letter finds you in soaring spirits and vibrant health. as you had expressed the wish to know about culture, traditions, and unity of india in your previous letter, in the following lines i have tried my best to give you glimpses of our culture, traditions, and unity. you will be amazed to know that our culture is the oldest culture in the world and the birth place of hinduism, buddhism, jainism, and sikhism. you won’t find any other culture as varied and multi-colored, multi-lingual as ours. each region has its own unique culture, traditions, language. there are 22 official languages in india.

  basically, india is a spiritual country with orthodox traditions. for example the people of india believe in traditions set by their wise forefathers. arranged marriages, joint-family system, universal brotherhood, vegetarianism, celebrating festivals such as diwali, holi, eid, etc., are the salient features of our culture and traditions.

  another unique aspect about our country is ‘unity in diversity’. in spite of the multi-lingual, multi-religious, multi-traditional, multi-cultural society, people live peacefully together, respecting one another’s views, cultures, traditions, and differences. i am sure you would love to visit india soon, and have a first-hand experience of the multi-colored culture. give regards to uncle and aunt. do visit india with your family and experience our hospitality.

your friend,