Xiaodan Liu
A00350298
MGMT 2384 ORGB
Challenges to Developing a Positive Cohesive Culture
Ⅰ. Introduction
Organization culture is one of the key factor of a organization success. If have a positive, well aligned culture can be conducive to the organization operate. If not, a negative culture will be push the organization to failure. There are several challenges of developing a positive cohesive culture which between organizations and cultural diversity, and the organization needs to find some ways to building a positive cohesive culture. This paper will explains the challenges of positive cohesive culture which are included developing an ethical culture by modelling the clearly ethical norm, developing a global organizational culture and developing a culture of empowerment and quality.
Ⅱ. Theoretical Background of Challenges
The first challenge is developing an ethical culture. Present ethical behavior can as good business. Managers must do ethical behaviours which can encourage ethical behavior from their employees. Robbins and Judge (2009) list four theories of developing the ethical culture which the managers should to do(Organizational behavior,2009 ).
The managers should be establish the ethical model of behaviours and organizational code, so that their employees can follow the model. All people in the organization can behave in ethical. If the top managers can not do model ethical behaviour, the organizational code will loss its worth.
The managers can offer some ethics trainings. The trainings can strengthen the ethical standards of behaviours.
The managers should give the employees some visibly reward if they do the ethical standard behaviours. If not, the managers can punish the employees who do not follow the ethical standard.
The second challenge is developing a global organizational culture which needs drive the values follow the global
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