【正确答案】A: Nowadays, company culture has become a hot topic in many countries. Everyone is aware of its great impact on a company. A company with a proper culture may live longer and has a promising future. However, it's really hard to tell which is better, to adhere to a stereotype of a culture, or to change it as things change.
B: Well, company culture does change no matter you are intended or unintended. Generally speaking, it changes in the following conditions. First, as employees change, the company culture might change. Second, as the company develops, the company culture will develop. Lastly, as the environment in which the company operates changes, the company culture will also change.
A: I can't agree with you. Some company culture is very strong, so the new comer will be changed by the company culture and eventually becomes part of it. And some international corporations, they have branch companies all over the world, but the culture doesn't change geographically.
B: Well, the matter here is not whether it changes or not, but whether the change is a major one or a minor one. It's important to be aware of the change. As a proper company culture may make a company live longer with a better future. Company culture may make or break a company.
Follow-on questions
·Yes, I think it's important for both an established company and a newly-established one.
·Yes, I think so. Most employees will follow the shared practices when they have to choose.
·As far as I am concerned, Lenovo has a good company culture and it has developed very well so far.
·Well, if I can accept its shared values and practices, I will work for the company. Otherwise I will have a try and quit if it's too hard to accept the company culture.
·Yes, company culture does change no matter we are intended or not.