Organisation culture

What factors create organisational culture?

• The thoughts and values of new employees.

• The founders hire and keep only the employees who does not think and feel the same way they do.

• The founders do not indoctrinate and socialise these employees to their way of thinking and feeling.

• The founders’ own behaviour acts as a role model that encourages employees to identify with them and thereby internalise their beliefs, values and assumptions

Factors that sustain an organisational culture include:

• Employees: where employees help establish behavioural norms that are adopted by the organisation.

• Indoctrination: this is the process that helps existing employees adapt to the organisation’s culture.

• Socialisation: this is the process that helps existing managers adapt to the organisation’s culture.

• Selection: this is concerned with how well the candidates will fit into the organisation and provides information to candidates about the organisation.

What factors create organisational culture?

• The thoughts and values of new employees.

• The founders hire and keep only the employees who does not think and feel the same way they do.

• The founders do not indoctrinate and socialise these employees to their way of thinking and feeling.

• The founders’ own behaviour acts as a role model that encourages employees to identify with them and thereby internalise their beliefs, values and assumptions

A positive organisational culture is one that:

• Increases barriers to diversity which may lead to institutionalised bias.

• Builds on employee weakness by emphasising and showing workers how they can capitalise on their strengths.

• Rewards more than it punishes by articulating praise and ‘catching employees doing something right'.

• Emphasises group vitality and growth by helping employees learn and grow in their jobs and careers.

__________________ help turn routine activities into valuable, important actions:

• shared values

• ambiguous descriptions

• sagas/ stories

• culturally shared symbols

The set of beliefs, goals, and practices that a group of people share is known as: 

• behavior
• interdependence
• culture
• diffusion

While walking through the offices during an interview with the marketing director, John notices the way people dress, the arrangement of their offices, and how the employees treat each other when passing in the hallways. This information about the company reflects its __________.

• Structural Culture

• Core Culture

• Observable Culture

• Environmental Culture

• Displayed Culture

What does the following statement define "the way things are done around here"?

• Staff turnover

• Supply and Demand

• Competition

• Culture