The Intel Corporation produces microprocessors that are used in computers. It has a market share of over 75% and has been praised for its highly innovative culture. Do you think that an innovative culture can be relied on to guarantee the future success of a business? Justify your answer with reference to Intel and/or other organisations you know. (40 marks)…
Identify a company with a visible organizational culture. Learn as much as you can about that company’s culture, using library resources, online sources, contacts within the company, and as many creative means as you can.…
What values appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat heart attack patients?…
Some theorists looked upon organizations as having many of the features of cultures (Brown, 1995). Martins and Martins (2003) defined organizational culture as “a system of shared meaning held by members, distinguishing the organization from other organizations”. Arnold (2005) indicated “that organizational culture is the distinctive norms, beliefs, principles and ways of behaving that combine to give each organization its distinct character”. These two definitions suggest that organizational culture distinguishes one organization from another. According to Brown (1998), organizational culture is “the pattern of beliefs, values and learned ways of coping with experience that have developed during the course of an organization’s history, and which tend to be manifested in its material arrangements and in the behaviors of its members”. Due to this, organizational culture is articulated in the organization in order to shape the way in which its members should behave. In the same way, Harrison (1993) defined organizational culture as the “distinctive constellation of beliefs, values, work styles, and relationships that distinguish one organization from another”. In other words, organizational culture includes those qualities of the organization that give it a particular climate or feel.…
I consider career in Ford manufacturing as a manufacturing manager, American multinational automaker based in Dearbon Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.…
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Organizational chart represents the structure of an organization in terms of relationships among personnel or departments and is the most intuitive way to understand your organization. Organizational chart makes information accessible throughout the organization with a unified, visual view of critical data from different business systems and providing the tools to model business scenarios and plan for change.…
The concept of culture has become increasingly significant in education during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. This enhanced interest may be understood as an example of dissatisfaction with the limitations of those leadership and man- agement models which stress the structural and technical aspects of schools and colleges. The focus on the intangible world of values and attitudes is a useful counter to these bureaucratic assumptions and helps to produce a more balanced portrait of educational institutions. Culture relates to the informal aspects of organisations rather then their official elements. They focus on the values, beliefs and norms of individuals in the organi- sation and how these individual perceptions coalesce into shared meanings. Culture is manifested by symbols and rituals rather than through the formal structure of the organization:…
Power culture is a dominant culture where a small group or individual determines the culture. It’s like a web with a ruling spider and power and influence are spread out from the central figure or group. A role culture is where organisations are controlled by procedures and role descriptions. This type of culture is where everyone does everything by the book, employees may find it hard to adjust to change as they are used to a high structure with precise job descriptions. Task culture is where the organisations values are related to a job or project. It is usually associated with a small team approach and there is emphasis on getting things done. Individuals in a task culture are empowered and given independence. Lastly a person culture occurs in universities and professions, where the organisation exists as a vehicle for people to develop their own expertise and careers.…
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creating a community. It manifests as the organization’s behaviour that has endured over time and…
There exist successful corporations with very different corporate culture. Their employees enjoy their jobs and generally like the way how things are done at their company. Every organization has a set of values that characterize how people behave and how the organization carries out everyday business. Positive cultural norms strengthen the company while negative cultural norms have the power to take the company down.…
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Organisational culture of an organisation is defined as the organisations expectations, philosophy, experience and values that have been developed over time and contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organisation. This is expressed in their self-image, inner workings, and dealings in how the organisation conducts its business and treats its employees including the wider community, as well as their shared beliefs and collective goals for the future. (Drach-Zahavy, Goldblatt and Maizel, 2014). The culture of an organisation can affect its productivity and performance. Organisational culture is an invisible but powerful force that governs how people behave; each organisation develops and maintains a unique organisational culture. This assignment will focus on the meaning of organizational culture in the context of…
There are 6 different kinds of cultures within organisations. They are sensitivity to others, interest in new ideas, willingness to take risks, value placed on people, openness of available communication options, and friendliness and congeniality (Martin, 1996). I have observed that the organisation for which I work embodies 4 of these, which I will discuss in detail in the final report. I also plan to discuss the influence that the owner has had on this culture as well as how the organisation has what is referred to as a market culture. As manager I run the organisation on behalf of the owner, who is the foremost authority. An organisations culture may be either strong or weak. I believe that we have the latter, as some employees have stated that they feel uninspired by the work that they do. It is my belief that the culture is a relatively healthy one because the employees are valued members of the team and their opinions are respected. However, it can be improved.…