Factors Influencing HCO Culture

There are many variables and factors that make up a culture of a healthcare organization, culture has a strong impact since it is related to organizational healthcare performance. According to our model of the forces and factors that influence HCO Culture, there are 12 main influences: external laws, standards, demands, organization mission, organization structure, rewards and punishments, training and education, physical work setting, beliefs, values, norms of formal leaders, beliefs, values, norms of informal leaders, beliefs, values, norms of employees, ceremonies, symbols, rituals, activities, stories and legends and language. Culture helps explain what matters and how things are run in an organization, it “orients its members to “reality” in ways that
Managers can ask their top employees what motivates them the most to work and base future perks and ideas from their responses. Managers also need to define the differences between employee happiness and employee engagement. While the perks and rewards managers offer may keep their employees happy, engaged employees in a strong culture will go above and beyond what is expected of them for their organization. Leadership and culture are two concepts that are conceptually different from each other but are inexorably intertwined. Leaders articulate the culture, make it real, and then transfer it throughout the organization since culture is a core element of manager’s overall vision and strategic plan. Managers may not be able to have their eyes on all their employees knowing what everyone is doing minute by minute but it is their job to make sure there is an organizational culture in place that assures that what happens on their watch is consistent with their