An Analysis of Organizational Culture
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An Analysis of Organizational Culture
Abstract The following is an observation and analysis of the role an organization’s values play on the development and state of its culture. This analysis is based on five interviews of both male and female workers from a privately owned manufacturing company with annual revenues exceeding a billion dollars. In forming my conclusions, I will analyze the synthesis of data and draw from the classification and examples set forth in the “Workplace Culture and Socialization section of Volti’s “An Introduction to the Sociology of Work and Occupations” Volti (2008) as well as the National Defense University’s publication “Organization Culture” (National Defense University, Undated).
An Analysis of Organization Culture
The following analysis focuses on data collected from five individuals of varying tenure and gender employed by a privately owned manufacturing company with annual revenues exceeding a billion dollars. A family of German immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio founded the company seventy-five years ago. The company has since grown from an Ohio based tool and die provider to a global manufacturer of outdoor power equipment with offices in North America, Europe, Australia, and China. In the last twelve months, the executive leadership of this company has undergone a significant succession period. The office of the CEO has been handed down from the family patriarch, who had held the position for more than twenty-five years and had reached the company’s mandatory retirement age, to his eldest son who was a division president and is currently in his mid-forties. In addition to the office of the CEO, seven out of the nine current executives are set to retire in the next twelve months. The company is undergoing a major leadership transition in a time of great economic uncertainty, particularly for an American based
An Analysis of Organizational Culture
Abstract The following is an observation and analysis of the role an organization’s values play on the development and state of its culture. This analysis is based on five interviews of both male and female workers from a privately owned manufacturing company with annual revenues exceeding a billion dollars. In forming my conclusions, I will analyze the synthesis of data and draw from the classification and examples set forth in the “Workplace Culture and Socialization section of Volti’s “An Introduction to the Sociology of Work and Occupations” Volti (2008) as well as the National Defense University’s publication “Organization Culture” (National Defense University, Undated).
An Analysis of Organization Culture
The following analysis focuses on data collected from five individuals of varying tenure and gender employed by a privately owned manufacturing company with annual revenues exceeding a billion dollars. A family of German immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio founded the company seventy-five years ago. The company has since grown from an Ohio based tool and die provider to a global manufacturer of outdoor power equipment with offices in North America, Europe, Australia, and China. In the last twelve months, the executive leadership of this company has undergone a significant succession period. The office of the CEO has been handed down from the family patriarch, who had held the position for more than twenty-five years and had reached the company’s mandatory retirement age, to his eldest son who was a division president and is currently in his mid-forties. In addition to the office of the CEO, seven out of the nine current executives are set to retire in the next twelve months. The company is undergoing a major leadership transition in a time of great economic uncertainty, particularly for an American based
References: Organizational Culture (undated). Strategic Leadership and Decision Making, Part 4, Number 16. National Defense University. [Adapted from National Defense University website (www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ndu/strat-ldr-dm/pt4ch16.html) by M. Brooks-Terry.] Volti, Rudi (2008). An Introduction to the Sociology of Work and Occupations. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press.