Organizational Culture : Concepts Defining How An Organization Works And Interacts.Organizational culture is a concept that defines how a organization works together and the beliefs and attitudes that it represents by how they work in that said environment. This is a concept that has been researched for years and has many different theorists who have come up with many many different terms describing the sub-groups or classifications as well as the different aspects of organizational culture. Many times organizational culture is simply formed in an organization without any sort of training or coaching, it is simply what forms when a group has worked together for many years and it is what is built over time. It is seen in the way that the groups deal with problems, issues or just regular projects and tasks that need to be done. The group of individuals become a team and become accustomed to working with things in a certain manner, thus becoming their Organizational Culture. Seven different methods have been created to classify Organizational Culture by several researchers and they all have very similar classifications. Charles Handy breaks it down into four different cultures, the Power Culture, Role Culture, Task Culture, and a Person Culture while Deal and Kennedy break it down to The Tough Guy Macho Culture, the Work Hard/Play Hard Culture, The Bet your Company Culture, and The Process Culture. Although they have different names the concepts and definitions are very much the same. They all describe aspects of basic cultures that you may see in a company. Whether it is micro managed, with many rules in place and power goes from the top down, or there are little rules and teamwork is key for productivity it all is a defined culture that can be effective. Depending on your business and the people involved all of these cultures can work and not one is better than the other. Leaders in these companies are key because they need to know what will work best for the value system that they want to support. It is important that they are aware of the culture that resides in their organization and know that if it is working for them or not. Organizational Culture is nothing new to our society but it is now much more recognized and now that it is more widely researched, its effect on businesses has been extremely positive and helped them to flourish. In short the Organizational Culture of a company includes the values, the customs and overall feeling of its environment and is instrumental how a business functions.
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Building an Effective Organizational Culture
By M Rasing
An effective organizational culture is the dream of a lot of managers and leaders. They don't want a mediocre organizational culture. Instead, they want to thrive and facilitate the growth of the organization. How do you go about building an effective organizational culture?
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The Building Blocks of Organizational Culture - Part 1 - Patterns Of Interaction
By Mark Bodnarczuk
While most people think of organizational culture in broad, sociological terms, the cultural model developed by the Breckenridge Institute indicates that patterns of interaction between small-groups of 2s, 3s, and 4s are some of the fundamental building blocks of organizational culture. Most managers know that effectively leading a work-group takes an enormous amount of time and energy because they have to maintain a balance between conflicting or competing interests in a complex system of coalitions of small-groups of 2s, 3s, and 4s who see themselves, others, and the world very differently.
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Effective Organizational Culture - Mid Race Celebrations Hold Secrets to Finishing
By Mike Krutza
You really have to stay focused and provide feedback with celebrations long before the year is done. Nearly every smart leader you've ever watched clearly understands what the stakes are for you. The stakes are big...and so too, is the payoff. Most beginners hit the starting blocks running hard and sabotage their chances of finishing, let alone winning, the race. But the smart ones....figure out early that knowing how to run a long race, pacing yourself, practicing long before the big race...and then celebrating along the race route is the job of leader and other employees.
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Benefits of Strategic Planning Part 4 of 5 - Improve Internal Processes
By Dr. Jessica Sartori
In this fourth of five articles on the benefits of strategic planning, learn how to use your strategic plan as an opportunity to examine the internal processes of your organization and employee relationships. Understand how to maximize your organization's performance by aligning the way your organization actually works on a day-to-day basis with the way you want it to work.
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Organizational Change to Survive the Tough Economy
By Geno Bulzomi
Do not rely on luck in these tough economic times. It is the ingenuity of the American people that will see us through this mess and get us back to a stable economy. Luck will not have a lot to do with it, K.E. Shay noted, "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit!" That being said, luck is out.
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