How Do Traditional Social Culture and Values Impact on Business Culture in Your Country? B. Evaluate the Strengths and Weaknesses of Your Own Company Culture Focusing on Leadership and Employee Behaviours, Organisation
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A. How do traditional social culture and values impact on business culture in your country? B. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your own company culture focusing on leadership and employee behaviours, organisation structure and hr systems. Then draw up an action plan for improvement in one area.
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PART I: How do traditional social culture and values impact on business culture in your country? 1. DEFINITIONS
Culture is defined as a pattern of shared basic assumptions that was learned by a group as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way you perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems"(Schein, 2004). Organisational Culture may be defined as the workplace environment formulated from the interaction of the employees in the workplace. Organizational culture is defined by all of the life experiences, strengths, weaknesses, education, upbringing, and so forth of the employees. While executive leaders play a large role in defining organizational culture by their actions and leadership, all employees contribute to the organizational culture. (ABOUT.COM)
Values may be defined as important and enduring beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or desirable and what is not. Values exert major influence on the behavior of an individual and serve as broad guidelines in all situations. (http://www.businessdictionary.com)
Organisational Values are therefore the beliefs and ideas about what kinds of goals members of an organisation should pursue and ideas about the appropriate kinds or standards
A. How do traditional social culture and values impact on business culture in your country? B. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your own company culture focusing on leadership and employee behaviours, organisation structure and hr systems. Then draw up an action plan for improvement in one area.
Statement of Academic Honour Code
This is to certify that this work is entirely and exclusively my own, except for those cited and noted.
Student’s Signature:.......................... Comment:
Grader Signature............................................................
PART I: How do traditional social culture and values impact on business culture in your country? 1. DEFINITIONS
Culture is defined as a pattern of shared basic assumptions that was learned by a group as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way you perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems"(Schein, 2004). Organisational Culture may be defined as the workplace environment formulated from the interaction of the employees in the workplace. Organizational culture is defined by all of the life experiences, strengths, weaknesses, education, upbringing, and so forth of the employees. While executive leaders play a large role in defining organizational culture by their actions and leadership, all employees contribute to the organizational culture. (ABOUT.COM)
Values may be defined as important and enduring beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or desirable and what is not. Values exert major influence on the behavior of an individual and serve as broad guidelines in all situations. (http://www.businessdictionary.com)
Organisational Values are therefore the beliefs and ideas about what kinds of goals members of an organisation should pursue and ideas about the appropriate kinds or standards
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