John tried to leave 20 minutes early to get a head start on rush hour traffic but he was promptly straightened out with comments and ridicule from coworkers. This is an example of a _____________organizational control subsystem.

A) short-term
B) procedural
C) budgetary
D) cultural
E) statistical

This scenario demonstrates the cultural control subsystem, where the norms, values, and beliefs of the organization determine employee behavior. John's coworkers ridicule him for trying to leave early, indicating that the organization has an established culture of working late and not leaving before the official end of the workday.