What is Organizational Culture? Organizational culture is a set of shared values‚ the unwritten rules which are often taken for granted‚ that guide the employees towards acceptable and rewarding behavior. The organizational culture exists at two distinct levels‚ visible and hidden. The visible aspect of the organization is reflected in artifacts‚ symbols and visible behavior of employees. The hidden aspect is related to underlying values and assumptions that employees make regarding the acceptable
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philosophy can be credited to one of the founders Herb Kelleher. It is an airline company with a unique culture “goofiness”‚ which keeps the morale of its employees high (Smith‚ 2004)‚ and is a company that welcomes fun‚ dedication‚ and effort. Southwest believes that a happy employee will create a happy customer‚ and will create loyal customers. Mr. Kelleher effectively implemented its style‚ culture and emphasis on quality in the daily actives at Southwest (Smith‚ 2004)‚ and he did so without the
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1. Draw on each of the elements of the cultural web to discuss how the culture at Heinz Australia has changed and is continuing to evolve under Widdows’ leadership. The Paradigm: ‘Going backward’‚ unprofitable business‚ very negative‚ low-risk‚ ‘punitive’ culture‚ lack of nurturing and support of staff‚ little encouragement of new ideas‚ and a complex organizational structure. Are the Assumptions/core beliefs of Heinz Australia before. Myths and Stories: staff morale was low and turnover
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Fundamental Concepts of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Jessica Lindsay University of Phoenix PSY 435 Facilitator: Gary Mayhew‚ Ed. D. July 26‚ 2011 Fundamental Concepts of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Industrial and Organizational (I/O) psychology is a field of psychology that “involves the scientific study of the human side of organizations and includes the application of the principles and findings of the research” (Spector‚ 2008‚ p. 4). This field consists of research
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Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument – Individual Profile Assessment The organization I last worked with is an IT/ITES company‚ which is one of the fastest growing fortune 500 companies. The organization has a balanced out structure however there is a little dominance towards ‘The Market’. As per my experience I can say that the reason for this is that the organization is relatively young and striving to compete with the best in the industry. This requires leaders to be competitive and
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The External Environment and Organizational Culture Chapter 2 I. Systems Theory of the Organization a. Figure b. Open systems – organizations that are affected by and that affect their environment c. Inputs – goods and services organizations take in and use to create products or services i. Raw materials‚ services‚ equipment‚ capital‚ information d. Outputs – products and services organizations create ii. Products‚ services e. External
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WorldCom: Organizational Culture and Unethical Safeguards Organizational culture is one of four influences whether an ethical or unethical behavior will be made. WorldCom’s demise‚ deliberately overstating their income by $7 billion between 1999 and 2002; and their once valued stock of $180 million becoming nearly worthless‚ can attribute a significant amount of their failure on their “dis”organizational culture. Corporations worldwide who do not think this type of fraud can happen at the hands
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criteria Feedback Assessor’s decision Internal Verification First attempt Re-work Understand the relationship between organisational structure and culture LO1 Compare and contrast different organisational structures and culture 1.1 Explain how the relationship between an organisation’s structure and culture can impact on the performance of the business 1.2 Discuss the factors which influence individual behaviour at work 1.3 Understand different
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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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Organizational Behavior‚ 14e (Robbins/Judge) Chapter 7 Basic Motivation Concepts 1) Jim is a student who cannot work at writing a paper for more than 30 minutes‚ yet he can spend many hours writing comments on blogs. What accounts for the change in motivation in this case? A) his ability B) the situation C) his personality D) the congruence E) the structure of the task Answer: B Explanation: But the same student who finds it difficult to read a textbook for more than 20 minutes may devour
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