In the Amazon mixed-culture example, the adhocracy side appears in external expansion and Bezos's leadership style, while the hierarchy side appears in tight internal control over lower-level employees. The source illustrates the expansion side with Amazon moving beyond online books into broader online retail, AWS cloud computing, warehouse robotics, and drone testing.

Amazon's Adhocracy-Hierarchy Culture Mix

Mixed culture profiles can matter for managerial diagnosis because a company can combine multiple culture profiles and still be effective.

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A single company can have a mix of cultures and be effective.

Mixing Multiple Cultural Profiles in One Organization

OpenStax Principles of Management. Source pages used for organizational culture, corporate culture, and management topics. https://openstax.org/books/principles-management

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Amazon illustrates a mixed cultural profile by blending a high-performance Adhocracy Culture in its external expansion and Bezos's leadership style with a Hierarchy Culture internally through tight control over lower-level employees.

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