Which of the following gives the correct order (from deepest level to surface level) of the three levels of organizational culture?

Which of the following gives the correct order (from deepest level to surface level) of the three levels of organizational culture? Correct Answer Assumptions, Values and Artifacts

Schein divides organizational culture into three levels:

Artifacts: These are at the surface, those aspects which can be easily discerned

Espoused values: Beneath artifacts are espoused values which are conscious strategies, goals, and philosophies

Basic assumptions and values: The core or essence of culture is represented by the basic underlying assumptions and values, which are difficult to discern because they exist at a largely unconscious level. Yet they provide the key to understanding why things happen the way they do. Three basic assumptions form around deeper dimensions of human existence such as the nature of humans, human relationships and activity, reality and truth.