Organizational Culture Outline Organizational Culture Dominant culture vs. Subcultures Strong vs. Weak Cultures Functions and Dysfunctions Changing Culture Member resistance Organization Development (OD) Organizational Culture A common perception held by the organization’s members Distinguishes the organization from other organizations Something implicit A system of shared meaning Not something that is written Set of key characteristics that the people in the organization value
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The difference between the Greek culture and the Roman culture? * There are many differences between the two cultures‚ in fact‚ so many that they cannot all be told. One difference is that Greek culture was exceedingly older than Roman culture. To start things out‚ the Greek civilization was in existence long before Rome became a civilization. Rome began as a few farming communities on the banks of the Tiber river‚ and the civilization grew and grew and started to conquer land. As well‚ Rome was
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Transactional Analysis Theory: the Basics Carol Solomon‚ Ph.D. Abstract This article is written to acquaint readers with basic transactional analysis theory and to provide a beginning understanding about how these concepts can be used in real life. I first learned about Transactional Analysis from Dr. Eric Berne when I studied with him in Carmel‚ CA beginning in 1966. Quickly‚ I learned the value of this simple language as I began to understand my own life script. I became intrigued with my newfound
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A LIFE SITUATION Peter has been HR Manager for 18years and vice president for 2 more years for Zyedego Corporation‚ a small company in New Orleans. ISSUES After hurricane Katrina employees had been working round the clock to get the company up and running The company has been calling former employees to rehire them Gwyn the current manger is planning to rehire Dana Gonzales but she’s pregnant. He is concerned for her safety coz of the rough condition of the workplace. Incase Dana is rehired
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Class Discussion Compare the business culture of the UK with that of Japan. How would business negotiations between delegations from the two countries be affected‚ and how would you advise a UK team to prepare for the negotiations? “Nihonjinron”‚ literally “the Theory of the Japanese”‚ has been of fascination for both Japanese and foreigners alike‚ and the industrialised world seems acutely aware that the Japanese are very different to Westerners‚ in ideology‚ religion‚ and business strategies
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If we explore the Chinese culture through the lens of the 5-D Model‚ we can get a good overview of the deep drivers of Chinese culture relative to other world cultures. Power distance This dimension deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal – it expresses the attitude of the culture towards these inequalities amongst us. Power distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that
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hospitality but also its deep culture heritage. Having been developed over 4000 years‚ the culture is characteristic with many dimensions and values. In both the material and spiritual life‚ Vietnamese have shown their specialty culture through many aspects. Based on Hostede’s point of view ( 1980)‚ the Vietnamese can be described as moderate uncertainty avoidance‚ high context‚ especially high power distance and high collectivism. They are typical aspects in Vietnamese culture that are grasped through
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Ceylin Kocagöz L3A 948 26th September 2012 Reflection #3 Culture Clashes in Multi-Cultures In 21st century the most visible fact about society is that they comprise too many types of culture in it together. This is due to the cultural and physical wars which have existed for million years between big communities and also every single little one included in them. This multi-cultural structures societies are usually the return of the colonialism. Big and strong communities having the little
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The Effects of Culture on Ethics Ethics as defined by Raiborn and Payne (1990) “…is a system of value principles or practices and a definition of right and wrong” (Raiborn & Payne‚ 1990). The main question arising regarding this definition of ethics is – how do we know what is right and wrong? If we want to continue exploring ethics and to try to understand how it applies in different countries we also look at another definition whereas ethics is described as “a social‚ religious or civil
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calling their employers by first names – preferring instead to call them “Mr/Mrs/Miss” and followed with their surname/personal name or simply “Sir/Madam/Boss”. * Practise the “arrive before the boss‚ leave after the boss” working hours. Collectivism * Speaking up about individual efforts to complete a task – even if you did complete the task on your own. It is advisable to say “Mr Pang‚ I have managed to draft out a comprehensive business proposal with the help of my team”. * Disagreeing
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