Organizational Culture Defined
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and Kennedy (2000: 4) have been described as organizational culture as ‘the way we do things around here’. Organizational culture is the pattern of values,
norms, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions, it has not been
formulated, but the model of how people behave in organizations and what needs
to be done.
How Organizational Culture Develop?
Schein
(1990) have been indicated the values and norms that are the basis of culture are
formed in four ways;
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First
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By the leaders in the organization,
especially those who have shaped it in the past. It means peoples that people identify with visionary leaders – how they behave and what they expect. Also, note that treats them as role models and pays attention by such leaders.
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Secondly
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Culture is formed around critical
incidents – lessons learnt on Desirable or undesirable behavior are important
events.
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Thirdly
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Establishes values and expectations among
organizational members need to maintain by effective working relationships for
the culture develops.
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Forth
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Culture is influenced by the
organization’s environment, which may be dynamic or unchanging.
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Table 1 – Four ways of indicator of
the Value and norms
The
result of shared experiences is culture evolve over time. Schein (1984)
suggested that this is a learning process that takes place either through the
trauma model, in which members of the organization learn to cope with some threat
by the erection of defense mechanisms, or by means of the positive
reinforcement model, where things that seem to work become embedded and
entrenched.
Conclusion
Learning
occurs when people adapt to external pressures and develop successful and
effective ways to manage internal challenges, tasks, and skills.
Where
culture has developed over long periods of time and has become firmly embedded it
maybe difficult to change quickly, if at all, unless a traumatic event occurs.
Reference/Bibliography
Armstrong, M. (2012)
Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 12th edition
Schein,
E H (1965) Organizational Psychology,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall
Schein,
E H (1984) Coming to a new awareness of culture, Sloan Management Review, 25 (2), pp 1-15
Schein,
E H (1990) Organizational culture,
American Psychologist, 45, pp 109-19
When we say that an organization has a certain type of culture , what do we mean? Organizational culture is a system of shared values, norms, and assumptions that guides members’ attitudes and behaviors and influences how they perceive and react to their environment. These assumptions are usually taken for granted by organizational members, and are taught to new members as they are socialized into the group.
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ReplyDeleteOrganization culture is characterized by common belief and values established by leaders. Ultimately it will helps for employees to perform in the organization
ReplyDeleteCulture is made up of the values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a group of people. Culture is the behavior that results when a group arrives at a set of—generally unspoken and unwritten—rules for how they will work together.
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