Name two widely used culture assessment instruments and their focus.

• A. OCAI and Denison Model; OCAI uses the Competing Values Framework while Denison focuses on involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission.
• B. OCAI and Denison Model; they assess culture but not leadership style.
• C. Only OCAI is used for culture assessment.
• D. The Denison Model is the only instrument used to assess culture.

Answer: (A)

Two widely used culture assessment instruments are the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) and the Denison Model. OCAI is built on the Competing Values Framework and classifies culture into four types—clan, adhocracy, market, and hierarchy—helping you map current and desired cultures. The Denison Model evaluates culture through four dimensions—involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission—and links these to leadership practices and organizational performance. This pairing works well because you get a clear typology for describing culture plus a dimension-based view that connects cultural attributes to leadership behavior and outcomes. The other options don’t fit: one wrongly suggests leadership style isn’t assessed, which misses the Denison Model’s leadership link (and the OCAI framing implies leadership through cultural values), while the remaining choices imply only one instrument exists.