Organizational culture can be defined as the system of attitudes‚ beliefs and values that are collectively expressed in support of organizational structure. Organizational culture is a pattern of shared basic assumptions that dictate the behavior of individuals within an organization. Culture determines which practices are appropriate and which are not‚ effectively developing standards‚ guidelines‚ and expectations for individuals within an organization. Although they work hand in hand‚ there is
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Critically explain why changing organisational culture is so difficult and how managers can do it. Culture can be defined as “a set of basic tacit assumptions about how the world is and ought to be that a group of people share and that determines their perceptions‚ thoughts‚ feelings‚ and‚ to some degree‚ their overt behaviour” (Schein‚ 1996). Organizational culture is depend on differences in norms and shared values which are learned in workplace and to direct behaviour of members in the particular
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European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 7‚ Number 1 (2008) Impact Assessment of Business Process Reengineering on Organisational Performance Mrs. Adeyemi‚ Sidikat Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Business and Social Sciences University of Ilorin‚ P. M. B. 1515 Ilorin‚ Kwara State‚ Nigeria E-mail: sidiadeyemi@yahoo.com Tel: +234 8054451111 Mr. Aremu‚ Mukaila Ayanda Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Business and Social Sciences University of Ilorin‚ P. M. B
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Organizational Culture � PAGE �10� Reading an Organization’s Culture: General Electric (GE) Introduction Every business has its own set of values and beliefs that make up an organizational culture that is unique to each specific business. "_Organizational Culture_ is a complex set of basic underlying assumptions and deeply held beliefs shared by all members of the group that operate at a preconscious level and drive in important ways the behavior of individuals in the organizational context"
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References: Adeyemi-Bello‚ T. (2001). The impact of leadership style on organizational growth. Work Study‚ 50(4):150-154. Al-Hajjeh‚ A.A. (1984). Managerial leadership and work-related values of American and Middle Eastern nationals: across –cultural study. Dissertation Abstracts International‚ 45(6A): 1850. Armstrong
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Organizational Culture and Personal Values Development XXXX XXXXX Florida Abstract Job satisfaction and job performance are interrelated topics‚ which are derived from individual personal values‚ (Iaffaldano & Muchinsky‚ 1985). Organizations can use specific processes to shape employee values‚ which will reflect the desired work culture of the organization. The development of values will shape the culture of an organization and increase job satisfaction and job performance
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mechanism to instantly communicate with each other. Once connected with the Internet‚ everyone can enjoy the unparalleled richness of global information resources including textual‚ audio‚ graphic information. The information on the Internet is so rich that no one can tell what is really out there. Furthermore‚ the Internet information resources are constantly expanding at a great speed—one can only make a rough estimate. The types of information on the Internet are also wide-ranging‚ from
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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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The Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) is where people describe the behaviors and expectations that make up prevailing cultures of their organizations. This is an approach for mapping organizational cultures developed by Human Synergistics. (P.29 Organizational Behavior) The OCI is a system of beliefs and values that shape the attitudes of members‚ guides their behaviors at work‚ and influences their performance goals and aspirations. The OCI maps use these results to describe three alternatives
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Organizational Behavior and Its Impact on society: Formal organizations are typically understood to be systems of coordinated and controlled activities that arise when work is embedded in complex networks of technical relations and boundary-spanning exchanges. But in modern societies‚ formal organizational structures arise in highly institutional contexts. Organizations are driven to incorporate the practices and procedures defined by prevailing rationalized concepts of organizational work and institutionalized
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