Values in the Workplace

Introduction In my project I am going to discuss a major and actual topic of all times, namely values in a workplace. The topic will be broken down into three parts. The first one will reflect the types of the organizational values and the difference between personal values and those of a workplace. Also, it will include the reasons that maximize the distance between values leading to different consequences. The second part will examine the possible strategies and methods that may minimize the gap between personal and organizational norms. In other words, I am going to analyze various approaches that will make work-related values congruent with personal ones, which, result to a more sustainable environment of an organization. Finally, the last, but not less important part will comprise a specific example of a company with visible organizational values and how it managed to either successfully or poorly achieve the congruency among it's values. Furthermore, I will describe the company's management practices and the impact of these practices on employees and organization as a whole. In my case study I chose one of the leading and most successful coffee industries,namely Starbucks.

Espoused versus Enacted Organizational Values Organizational values have become in recent years a matter of concerns, discussions, and a high importance. I believe that a reason of that might be extensive globalization which implies dealing with people of different cultures, beliefs and personal values that may be completely different from the work-related norms. However, before we plunge into the grounds that made values regain their significance, let us define what actually are the organizational and personal concepts. Organizational or the so-called espoused values are clearly stated norms favored by the company. To be more specific, the espoused values are the concepts shared by all or at least the majority of members in an organization. Also, these norms can