1 Background Organizational culture becomes a competitive advantage of a company that “was found to impact a variety of organizational processes and performance” (Siew & Kelvin‚ 2004‚ p.340). Definition of organizational culture given by Schein (1999) containing basic underlying assumptions which define the deepest‚ the most fundamental level of organizational culture. Assumptions are divides into artifacts and espoused values. In addition to the meaning of organizational culture‚ Robbins and Judge
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thoughts and information. Very popular communication sites for young people are orkut‚ facebook‚ rate‚ Twitter and so on. However‚ like every single innovation in science and technology‚ communication on the Internet has its own advantages and disadvantages. Advantages The main advantage is that e-mail facility has allowed people to communicate with minimum wastage of time. It is now possible to send a message to any part of the world through a simple e-mail address and the message is delivered
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Strong Tie Ltd. a family-owned manufacturing tool producer has managed to maintain stable sales numbers throughout recent years even while the Housing market as a whole was on a negative trend. While this should translate into higher profit margins‚ the exact opposite trend has occurred. The solution to Strong Tie’s financial problems is an increase in prices of goods and salary cuts. Beginning in 2006 where Strong Tie has Sales of 16.2 million‚ the company maintained healthy sales between the
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How Organizational Culture Can Support Creativity and Innovation When we think of the terms innovation and creativity we automatically think of the Individual. We often ask ourselves‚ what can the individual bring into an organization? What type of creativity does the individual have that can support the organization and how would it help the organization grow? As we ask ourselves these questions we are often overlooking the important aspects that correlate to an individual’s capability of creativity
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A strong brand 6 benefits of a strong brand… …and the 4Cs of brand management © 2005 Clarity Marketing Ltd www.clarity-in-communication.com 1 Branding – can it really work for the small business? If you think of a brand‚ what comes to mind? CocaCola‚ Virgin‚ Hertz‚ Orange? It’s easy to think of branding as being for the big boys with big bucks. But that’s not to say that only large corporates can play the branding game. Small companies really should be able to build strong brands
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Knowledge Management and Organizational Culture: Toward a broader perspective on how organizational culture impacts knowledge management. The words knowledge and management are two extremely broad concepts when separated. When the two words come together‚ it speaks of an idea that strives to organize information in a way that produces an advantage for an organization. While anyone would think that harnessing the knowledge of an organization is a positive thing to do‚ there are many who do not
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The person I look up to hit rock bottom at one point and was able to become a better person that they didn’t know even existed. Seeing them go through all the obstacles showed me how strong of a person they truly are and made me admire them. This person is my mom. My mom was a high school dropout due to having me at a young age (16). She was trying to raise a child and fight an addiction at the same time. Trying to deal with all these different obstacles can be hard on someone; especially when you
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Cross’ unwavering commitment to members of the U.S. military‚ its veterans and their families continues to grow and develop more than a century after Clara Barton first recruited nurses to support the U.S. Army” (American Red Cross‚ 2014). The culture of the organization is very traditional. The structure of the ARC is of corporate governance. “The governing body of the American Red Cross is the Board of Governors‚ which has all powers of governing and directing‚ and of overseeing the management
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0969-9988.htm Organizational culture: the case of Turkish construction industry Ela Oney-Yazıcı‚ Heyecan Giritli‚ Gulfer Topcu-Oraz and Emrah Acar Department of Architecture‚ Division of Project and Construction Management‚ Istanbul Technical University‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract Purpose – The main stimulus of this study is to examine the cultural profile of construction organizations within the context
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Organizational Culture can be one of the most important means of improving organizational performance. Organizational Culture has become very important in the last 25 years. Even though it is intangible in nature‚ it plays a role that is significant and affects employees and organizational operations. It may not guarantee success but companies with strong cultures have almost always‚ done better than their competition. What is organizational culture? Edgar Schein‚ a very well known scholar
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