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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LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE In this paper I will discuss the effects and responsibilities leaders have on an organizational culture. I believe leaders have an enormous effect on the well-being of an organizational culture. Leaders must take an active role within their organization’s culture. Whether positive or negative‚ in an organization‚ things tend to follow suit "down hill." A leader has the power and influence to maintain‚ create‚ or repair an organizational culture. However‚ this
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Dallas Hasty Dr. Dutch July 28‚ 2014 Organizational Culture and Leadership Behind every successful leader is a vibrant culture that engages and energizes employees. In almost every case‚ that culture has been defined‚ shaped and personified by the leader. Shaping a culture is a formidable task‚ since many of the valuable qualities a leader might have are never taught in a classroom. Culture is defined as "the set of key values‚ assumptions‚ understandings‚ and norms that is shared by members
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The Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture Armen Avetisyan Walden University Abstract In this paper I have tried to analyze the role of leadership in shaping of organizational culture. Also I have briefly touched the definition of culture‚ historical overview of leadership theory development’s issue and what impact have traits approaches‚ skills approach‚ style approach and also ethical approach on creating of organizational culture for healthy organization. The Role of
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THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Leadership is a matter of intelligence‚ trustworthiness‚ humaneness‚ courage‚ and discipline . . . Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on the strength of courage results in violence. Excessive discipline and sternness in command result in cruelty. When one has all five virtues together‚ each appropriate to its function
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regarding Zappos in your book. Does the leader impact organizational culture or does organizational culture impact the leader? Explain. If you were the leader of Zappos‚ what new elements would you add to the corporate culture? Explain. How does the corporate culture impact vision‚ mission‚ and strategy at Zappos? Respond substantively to two other students’ posts. Does the leader impact organizational culture or does organizational culture impact the leader? That is a great question. I believe
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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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Working with Communities Dr. Massey May 03‚ 2015 Organizational Leadership The success of an organization or a business often mainly depends on its organizational structure and leadership. It has been established that for an organization to succeed‚ right leaders who exhibit distinguished organizational leadership skills must be at the helm of the management. Although the success of an organization does not solely depend on leadership‚ leadership plays the major and critical role in ensuring that
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of culture varies with an estimate of 164 individual definitions of organizational culture. One potential catalyst for the number of definitions comes down to the application of theory to the abstract concept of culture within an organization. The more theorist and different organizational fields of study you have the more individual definitions are spawned. Though there may be many definitions of culture one point is understood‚ the strength of a company is directly related to how culture is
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Three general types of organizational culture—constructive‚ passive-defensive‚ aggressive-defensive: The organizational cultural inventory measures 12 sets of normative beliefs or shared behavioral expectations associated with three general types of cultures‚ Constructive‚ Passive-Defensive‚ and Aggressive-Defensive. Constructive cultures—in which members are encouraged to interact with others and approach tasks in ways that will help them meet their higher-order satisfaction needs‚ are characterized
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