October 1st, 2014
Organizational culture is defined as the “shared social knowledge within an organizational regarding the rules, norms, and values that shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees. It is one of the most important building blocks for a highly successful organization and an extraordinary workplace. Organizational success relies on the how to operate the business in a effective and productive way. Leaders of the organizations are looking for effective ways to organize business in an simple way. Employers who get involvement in the management is responsible for leading employees to understand organizational culture. If members of organizations can understand the organizational culture very well, their performance can be improved effectively.
When we speak of the culture of an organization, we refer to the behavior patterns and standards that bind it together. Some organizational cultures encourage productivity; many do not. Culture should not be confused with climate. Climate is the short-term mood of an organization. Unlike culture, it is fragile and subject to change. An organization 's culture encompasses everything it does and everything it makes. That is, it not only affects the manner in which managers manage (and consequently shape employee behavior), but it also affects the way in which the organization processes its product and provides services to its customers.
Different people has different individual values and characters within an organization. Due to this problem, organizational culture are introduced. Based on the common values and norms that shared by people in the organization, inclusive and strong organizational culture is a guideline for leading employees’ daily behaviors in the organization. By utilizing the strong and inclusive organizational culture, any complicated and ambiguous process can be simplified, then, unnecessary misunderstanding can be avoided. Moreover, cost
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