What Role Do You Think Culture Play In The Management Of An Organization Case Study
Task 1
'The proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture, its anthropological origins and lack of clarity undermines its value to our understanding of organizational behavior. It is too ambiguous a concept for the effective day-to-day management of the organization.' Do you agree? What role do you think culture plays in the management of your own organization?
I partly agree with the statement the proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture and lack of clarity undermines its value to our understanding of organizational behavior. Most of the time people get confused or numbed easily if there are too many definitions or explanations. They might think 'culture' is a very common and board term as they can see it everywhere …show more content…
Self-managed work teams are groups of staffs (typically 10-15 in number) who take on the responsibilities of their former supervisors. The self-managed work teams can be considered as Laissez-faire style . Laissez-faire style which leaders give their team members a lot of freedom in how they do their work, including planning and scheduling of work, and even making operational decisions and taking action on problems. This autonomy can lead high job satisfaction, however, it can be damaging as well if team members are not highly experienced and trained . Therefore, among all the fully self-managed work teams, they have the right to select their own members, meanwhile, have the responsibilities to evaluate each other's performance. As a result, the importance of the supervisors position had declined or even be …show more content…
thirst, hunger and sex). The relatedness means the desire for relationships which similar to the Maslow's third and fourth levels (social and external esteem e.g. involvement with family, friends, colleague and employers). The growth need means to the desire for personal development which can correspond to Maslow's fourth and fifth level (internal esteem and self actualization e.g. desires to be productive, creative and to accomplish meaningful tasks). The ERG Theory suggest that more than one need ca be operative at the same time. If the higher-level need cannot be fulfilled, the desire to satisfy a lower-level need
'The proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture, its anthropological origins and lack of clarity undermines its value to our understanding of organizational behavior. It is too ambiguous a concept for the effective day-to-day management of the organization.' Do you agree? What role do you think culture plays in the management of your own organization?
I partly agree with the statement the proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture and lack of clarity undermines its value to our understanding of organizational behavior. Most of the time people get confused or numbed easily if there are too many definitions or explanations. They might think 'culture' is a very common and board term as they can see it everywhere …show more content…
Self-managed work teams are groups of staffs (typically 10-15 in number) who take on the responsibilities of their former supervisors. The self-managed work teams can be considered as Laissez-faire style . Laissez-faire style which leaders give their team members a lot of freedom in how they do their work, including planning and scheduling of work, and even making operational decisions and taking action on problems. This autonomy can lead high job satisfaction, however, it can be damaging as well if team members are not highly experienced and trained . Therefore, among all the fully self-managed work teams, they have the right to select their own members, meanwhile, have the responsibilities to evaluate each other's performance. As a result, the importance of the supervisors position had declined or even be …show more content…
thirst, hunger and sex). The relatedness means the desire for relationships which similar to the Maslow's third and fourth levels (social and external esteem e.g. involvement with family, friends, colleague and employers). The growth need means to the desire for personal development which can correspond to Maslow's fourth and fifth level (internal esteem and self actualization e.g. desires to be productive, creative and to accomplish meaningful tasks). The ERG Theory suggest that more than one need ca be operative at the same time. If the higher-level need cannot be fulfilled, the desire to satisfy a lower-level need