Case 2.1 Organizational Culture: Life or Death 1. What values appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat heart attack patients? When treating heart attack patients it is essential that doctors and nurses work quickly but efficiently in a time based organized hospital culture. The value that seems to be driving doctors and nurses is having standardized protocols‚ flexibility when it comes to redefining the protocols‚ real time data feedback to measure success and working
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Case 2.1: Organizational Culture: Life or Death Questions: 1. What values appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat heart attack patients? From the case study‚ the eleven hospitals utilize 90 minutes or less to deliver therapy in order to restore blood flow to heart attack patients. The followings are the values that appear to drive the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat the heart attack patients: (a) The hospitals are well organized‚ they have ability to
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The Culture of Life versus the Culture of Death During the 20th and 21st centuries mankind has encountered a major conflict that is a civil war of ideas – namely the Culture of Life versus the Culture of Death. The Culture of Death has been rampant. Consider the first and second world wars plus the many other bitter conflicts‚ genocides‚ massacres and the killing fields sacrificing the lives of millions of innocent human beings. Consider the savagery of the holocaust. Consider the damage
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 1. INTRODUCTION One of the significant elements while discussing about organization development is to discuss its own existing culture as the culture itself is part of organization behavior that gives significant role in shaping organizational sustainability. Above all there is a need to recognize the right culture for any organization to achieve excellence. Peters and Waterman (1982) clearly described organizational
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“Organization culture comprises the deep‚ basic assumptions and beliefs‚ as well as the shared values that define organization membership‚ as well as the member’s habitual ways of making decisions‚ and presenting themselves‚ and their organization to those who come in contact with it.” Clegg‚ Kornberger and Pitsis‚ 2008 The dictionary definition of a culture is “the ideas‚ customs‚ and social behaviour of a particular group of people or a society”. An organisation is made up of individuals and
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Downsizing And Organizational Culture Thomas A. Hickok -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract In this article Hickok argues that‚ ultimately‚ the most prominent effects of downsizing will be in relation to culture change‚ not in relation to saved costs or short-term productivity gains. In particular‚ the author notes three observations in relation to the impact of downsizing on organizational culture. First‚ it clearly appears that power
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P T E R Organizational Culture Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Describe the elements of organizational culture. • Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. • List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. • Identify three functions of organizational culture. • Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. • Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business
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Organizational Culture Organizational Behavior in Globalized Context 1. What is the relationship between an institutional system and an organizational culture? The process when an “organization takes on a life of its own‚ apart from its founders or members‚ and acquires immortality” is called institutionalization by Robbins and Judge. That means that the organization in itself does not change even if the founder dies or important managers leave the company‚ it will remain basically the same
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SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: A DYNAMIC MODEL EDGAR H. SCHEIN WP#1412-83 FEBRUARY 1983 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 50 MEMORIAL DRIVE CAMBRIDGE‚ MASSACHUSETTS 02139 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: A DYNAMIC MODEL EDGAR H. SCHEIN WP#1412-83 FEBRUARY 1983 ly 18/83 0086H ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: A DYNAMIC MODEL^ Edgar H. Schein Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology January‚ 1983 -1- Introductlon The
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------------------------------------------------- Organizational culture Organizational culture is the behavior of humans who are part of an organization and the meanings that the people attach to their actions. Culture includes the organization values‚ visions‚ norms‚ working language‚ systems‚ symbols‚ beliefs and habits. It is also the pattern of such collective behaviors and assumptions that are taught to new organizational members as a way of perceiving‚ and even thinking and feeling. Organizational culture affects the way
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