UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Deepak K. Agrawal‚ College of Business‚ Wayne State College 1111 Main‚ Wayne‚ NE 68787‚ deagra01@wsc.edu ABSTRACT Culture has significant impact on the organization. People of an organization learn the national culture as they grow up. It is very deeply rooted in their lives because of the fact that they learned and followed such culture for a very long period of time. It is also based on shared attitudes‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ written and unwritten rules that
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Changing Organizational Cultures Introduction An organization’s culture is a combination of the founder’s beliefs‚ values‚ ideas‚ and norms. Every organization is different and presents a different culture for its employees and customers. With most organizations the culture is strong and very difficult to change. Within these organizations there are dominate cultures and well formed subcultures. In the few organizations remaining‚ changing the organizational culture is easier‚ but requires
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John W. Smith Jr John W. Smith Jr The changing of the culture of an organization has both the pros and cons. Ultimately‚ it is the job of the OD Consultant to ensure that both management and the employees are both on the same page heading in the same direction in order to reach the goals and objectives of the organization. The changing of the culture of an organization has both the pros and cons. Ultimately‚ it is the job of the OD Consultant to ensure that both management and the employees
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Four Organizational Culture Types Bruce M. Tharp ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE WHITE PAPER 04.09 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE WHITE PAPER Four Organizational Culture Types Acknowledging that organizational culture is an important aspect for space planners‚ this paper provides an overview of four organizational culture types: Control (hierarchy)‚ Compete (market)‚ Collaborate (clan)‚ and Create (adhocracy). This typology reflects the range of organizational characteristics across two dimensions that were
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Strengthening organizational change processes The article begins noting many organizational change efforts fail or do not fully meet stated goals or objectives resulting in a variety of negative outcomes‚ including sunk costs‚ organizational ineffectiveness‚ customer dissatisfaction‚ low morale‚ high turnover‚ and wasted resources. (Whelan-Berry‚ et. al.‚ 2003). This is because the executives’ vision is not uniformly implemented and it is not uniformly embraced. Why‚ is the question‚ what happened
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Task3: How does the organizational culture at Four Seasons contribute to its CRM? Organizational Culture A single definition of organizational culture has proven to be very elusive. No one definition of organizational culture has emerged in the literature. One of the issues involving culture is that is defined both in terms of its causes and effect. For example‚ these are the two ways in which cultures often defined. Outcomes Defining culture as a manifest pattern of behavior- Many people use
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INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL CHAPTER TWO The Organizational Context: Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Culture To Accompany PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Achieving Competitive Advantage By Jeffrey K. Pinto CHAPTER TWO PROJECT PROFILE: Project Management Improves Lenovo’s Bottom Line INTRODUCTION 2.1 PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY 2.2 STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Identifying Project Stakeholders Managing Stakeholders 2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2.4 FORMS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Functional
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Journal of Business Research Linking organizational culture‚ structure‚ strategy‚ and organizational effectiveness: Mediating role of knowledge management Wei Zheng a‚⁎‚ Baiyin Yang b‚1‚2‚ Gary N. McLean c‚3 a Human Resource Development‚ Department of Counseling‚ Adult and Higher Education‚ Northern Illinois University‚ Gabel Hall 201E‚ Northern Illinois University‚ DeKalb‚ IL 60115‚ United States Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior‚ Tsinghua University‚ Mailing Address:
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P T E R Organizational Culture Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Describe the elements of organizational culture. • Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. • List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. • Identify three functions of organizational culture. • Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. • Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 1. INTRODUCTION One of the significant elements while discussing about organization development is to discuss its own existing culture as the culture itself is part of organization behavior that gives significant role in shaping organizational sustainability. Above all there is a need to recognize the right culture for any organization to achieve excellence. Peters and Waterman (1982) clearly described organizational
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