UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Deepak K. Agrawal‚ College of Business‚ Wayne State College 1111 Main‚ Wayne‚ NE 68787‚ deagra01@wsc.edu ABSTRACT Culture has significant impact on the organization. People of an organization learn the national culture as they grow up. It is very deeply rooted in their lives because of the fact that they learned and followed such culture for a very long period of time. It is also based on shared attitudes‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ written and unwritten rules that
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Management December‚ 2008 Organizational Culture and Its Themes Shili Sun School of Foreign Languages‚ Ludong University No.186 Hongqi Middle Road‚ Zhifu District‚ Yantai 264025‚ Shandong Province‚ China Tel: 86-535-668-1098 Abstract E-mail: shilisun@hotmail.com As one of the key ‘stable factors’‚ culture within an organization is playing a critical role in the organization’s everyday operations. Although the culture literature has at times focused on the culture of an organization as shared
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The fact and fantasy of organizational culture management: a case study of Greek food retailing Cardiff Business School‚ Cardiff University‚ Colum Drive‚ Cardiff‚ CF10 3EU‚ UK Abstract The management‚ manipulation or interference in organizational culture has become central to many theories and prescriptions of management. However‚ despite frequent prescriptions to manage culture in diverse national contexts‚ little empirical evidence has been forwarded in contexts other than the UK and
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sustain strong organizational cultures if their organizations are going to compete and survive in the 21st century. Organizational ‘culture’ and ‘leadership’ are the two interrelated terms without which an organization cannot sustain for a long term. Although these two terms are very different from each other in their definition or meaning yet they are very much interconnected. An organization without a leader is just like a ship without a captain and without a strong culture‚ the organization
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performance of employees depends on the strength of the organizations culture. Organizational culture as defined by Landy (2012‚ p.565) refers to the shared beliefs and values of the managers and leaders in the organization that are commuted to the employees. Put another way‚ organizational culture reflects the personality of the organization. Asda have defined their values to customers and employees which influence the organizations culture. They believe to provide excellent services to their customers
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Relationship between Organizational Culture and Performance Management Practices: A Case of University in Pakistan Ul Mujeeb Ehtesham‚ Tahir Masood Muhammad‚ Shakil Ahmad Muhammad Abstract The aim of this study is to expand the base of knowledge and empirically test the relationship between the components of organizational culture and performance management practices. The study adopted the exploratory research approach to explore the impact. In this study‚ primary data was collected through
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How Culture Affects Productivity Organizational culture and productivity are closely related. Simply stated‚ productivity is the art of getting the company ’ ’s products and/or services to the customer at the lowest possible cost. But it is more than that - it is related to quality‚ to customer needs and to labour relations. In other words‚ productivity and good management are inseparable. Productivity is a result of motivation‚ and motivation thrives in a good climate. If management is to transform
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Organizational Culture and Change ORG/581 Organizational Culture and Change Marriott International is a leading lodging company that has grown drastically within the last century. Currently the company maintains “…more than 3‚700 properties in 74 countries and territories worldwide” (Liberty Group‚ 2013‚ para. 4). The company remains “…grounded in a set of core values: put people first‚ pursue excellence‚ embrace change‚ act with integrity‚ and serve our world” (Marriott‚ 2013‚ para. 1)
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CANADIAN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE STUDY Waterloo Wellington WWTAB is funded by and Prepared for WWTAB by Tamara Darling August 2005 0 WWTAB would like to acknowledge project support and assistance from: The Waterloo Region District School Board and The New Canadian Program The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada or the Government of Ontario 1 CANADIAN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE STUDY Table of Contents Summary……………………………………………………………………………
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Chapter 6 MOTIVATION CONCEPT Early Theories of motivation Definition of Motivation Motivation is the processes that account for an individual’s intensity‚ direction‚ and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal – specifically‚ an organizational goal. Three key elements ◦ Intensity – how hard a person tries. ◦ Direction – effort that is channeled toward‚ and consistent with‚ organizational goals. ◦ Persistence – how long a person can maintain effort. Early Theories of Motivation
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