Organizational Culture Organizational Behavior Diversity
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
DIVERSITY
COMMUNICATION
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND GROUP DYNAMICS
MGT/307
July 20, 2010
Organizational Culture is the system of shared actions, values, and beliefs that has developed within an organization and guides the behavior of its members. Organizational Development consists of special applications of knowledge gained from behavioral science to create a comprehensive design to improve organizational effectiveness. Through the collective experiences, the members of an organization solve two important survival issues. The first issue addresses external adaption which deals with reaching goals, how they are to be accomplished, the methods to be used to achieve these goals, and methods of coping with success and failure. The second is internal integration which answers questions like, how do members of an organization resolve the daily internal problems associated with living and working together. Individuals at an organization will (1) separate priorities, (2) develop and measure their accomplishments, and (3) conclude why their goals are not always met. Organization shared internal shared values are important to the survival of an organization. Shared values are an understanding of what the firm stands for, often embodied in slogans; a concern for people, recognition of heroes, who stand for the company’s shared philosophy and concerns; a belief in ritual, rites ceremonial shared beliefs building a common identity. An example of rites and rituals might be a Japanese worker who may start their day with rites such as singing group company songs, or group exercising; together these rites form a ritual. Other shared values is the understanding of informal rules and expectations so that employees and managers understand what is expected of them; and a belief that what an employee does and what managers do is important, and that is important to share information and ideas. Building a strong
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
DIVERSITY
COMMUNICATION
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND GROUP DYNAMICS
MGT/307
July 20, 2010
Organizational Culture is the system of shared actions, values, and beliefs that has developed within an organization and guides the behavior of its members. Organizational Development consists of special applications of knowledge gained from behavioral science to create a comprehensive design to improve organizational effectiveness. Through the collective experiences, the members of an organization solve two important survival issues. The first issue addresses external adaption which deals with reaching goals, how they are to be accomplished, the methods to be used to achieve these goals, and methods of coping with success and failure. The second is internal integration which answers questions like, how do members of an organization resolve the daily internal problems associated with living and working together. Individuals at an organization will (1) separate priorities, (2) develop and measure their accomplishments, and (3) conclude why their goals are not always met. Organization shared internal shared values are important to the survival of an organization. Shared values are an understanding of what the firm stands for, often embodied in slogans; a concern for people, recognition of heroes, who stand for the company’s shared philosophy and concerns; a belief in ritual, rites ceremonial shared beliefs building a common identity. An example of rites and rituals might be a Japanese worker who may start their day with rites such as singing group company songs, or group exercising; together these rites form a ritual. Other shared values is the understanding of informal rules and expectations so that employees and managers understand what is expected of them; and a belief that what an employee does and what managers do is important, and that is important to share information and ideas. Building a strong
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