Ecm Assignment
Week 3 ECM Assignment Tracye Braden UMA
Lawrence Master ME1155X 07/02/2013
Organizational Culture
Organizational culture is described as the way things are done in an organization.
Characteristics are a shared system of the members in the organizational value, in which the distinguish organizations from other organizations.
Main Characteristics that the organizational culture defines which includes the following. 1. The degree in which innovation and risk taking behavior is accepted and valued. 2. The degree in which employees are expected to pay attention to detail in performance of their work. 3. The degree in which management focuses on the results produced rather than adherence to systems and procedures. 4. The degree in which people and people aspect of any situation is taken into consideration in decision making. 5. The degree to which work is organized around teams of people rather than individuals. 6. The degree in which aggressive and competitive behavior is accepted and appreciated 7. The relative emphasis placed on maintenance of status quo versus growth.
The organizational culture of any company is currently largely determined by what has been the way of working in the past and the degree of success achieved using those ways.
Ultimately the source of the past behavior is primarily the influence of the founders of the organization.
The founders contribute to formation of early organizational culture in three ways.
The first way is the hiring process in which the founder hires and keeps an employee of certain
Lawrence Master ME1155X 07/02/2013
Organizational Culture
Organizational culture is described as the way things are done in an organization.
Characteristics are a shared system of the members in the organizational value, in which the distinguish organizations from other organizations.
Main Characteristics that the organizational culture defines which includes the following. 1. The degree in which innovation and risk taking behavior is accepted and valued. 2. The degree in which employees are expected to pay attention to detail in performance of their work. 3. The degree in which management focuses on the results produced rather than adherence to systems and procedures. 4. The degree in which people and people aspect of any situation is taken into consideration in decision making. 5. The degree to which work is organized around teams of people rather than individuals. 6. The degree in which aggressive and competitive behavior is accepted and appreciated 7. The relative emphasis placed on maintenance of status quo versus growth.
The organizational culture of any company is currently largely determined by what has been the way of working in the past and the degree of success achieved using those ways.
Ultimately the source of the past behavior is primarily the influence of the founders of the organization.
The founders contribute to formation of early organizational culture in three ways.
The first way is the hiring process in which the founder hires and keeps an employee of certain