Management December‚ 2008 Organizational Culture and Its Themes Shili Sun School of Foreign Languages‚ Ludong University No.186 Hongqi Middle Road‚ Zhifu District‚ Yantai 264025‚ Shandong Province‚ China Tel: 86-535-668-1098 Abstract E-mail: shilisun@hotmail.com As one of the key ‘stable factors’‚ culture within an organization is playing a critical role in the organization’s everyday operations. Although the culture literature has at times focused on the culture of an organization as shared
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Introduction Organizational culture is a set of key values‚ assumptions‚ and beliefs that are shared by an organization’s members. The combined key values create a custom attitude or culture that is followed by the organization’s members. The culture represents the "personality of the organization" (McNamara‚ 1999). Through the observation of employee behavior one can help predict an organization’s culture that influences its business attitude. Organizational culture can also help distinguish two
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believe that it is important for Sony to manufacture more products in the United States‚ Europe and from suppliers in Asia because Sony needs to remain a globally diversified corporation. The Yen stability against the US dollar has had a negative impact on the financial stability of Sony. When Sony translated US dollars and Euro financial statements into Yen‚ the net assets and earnings ended up being worth less in Yen which in turn dropped Sony’s financial results. Sony needs to work on spreading more
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Running head: An Analysis of Organizational Culture 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
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3 Organizational Culture and Performance The concept of organizational culture has drawn attention to the long-neglected‚ subjective or ‘soft’ side of organizational life. However‚ many aspects of organizational culture have not received much attention. Instead‚ emphasis has been placed primarily on the cultural and symbolic aspects that are relevant in an instrumental/pragmatic context. The technical cognitive interest prevails. Culture then is treated as an object of management action. In this
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Organizational Culture and Productivity October 1st‚ 2014 Organizational culture is defined as the “shared social knowledge within an organizational regarding the rules‚ norms‚ and values that shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees. It is one of the most important building blocks for a highly successful organization and an extraordinary workplace. Organizational success relies on the how to operate the business in a effective and productive way. Leaders of the organizations are looking
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notice‚ shared experiences and personal and professional commitment to military values and mission preserve the military organizational culture. Military organizational culture is more than a commitment. Military organizational culture is a way of life for all who dedicate their lives to honor and defend this nation against all enemies‚ foreign and
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Dallas Hasty Dr. Dutch July 28‚ 2014 Organizational Culture and Leadership Behind every successful leader is a vibrant culture that engages and energizes employees. In almost every case‚ that culture has been defined‚ shaped and personified by the leader. Shaping a culture is a formidable task‚ since many of the valuable qualities a leader might have are never taught in a classroom. Culture is defined as "the set of key values‚ assumptions‚ understandings‚ and norms that is shared by members
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Organizational culture refers to a system of shared meaning held by members that distinguishes the organization from other organization. They are the values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization. Organizational culture includes an organization’s expectations‚ experiences‚ philosophy‚ and values that hold it together‚ and is expressed in its self-image‚ inner workings‚ interactions with the outside world‚ and future
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has employed multiple strategies to evolve its organizational culture and embed specific principles‚ attitudes‚ expectations‚ and behaviors as organizational norms (Kinicki & Williams‚ 2013). After merging Bell Atlantic‚ GTE‚ and AirTouch Cellular into one company to form Verizon‚ the company established its Company Credo to direct the actions of all leaders and employees (Strigl & Swiatek‚ 2011). Verizon’s Company Credo formally outlines their culture of focusing on the customer first‚ keeping integrity
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