Organizational Culture and Institutional Transformation Jennifer R. Keup‚ Arianne A. Walker‚ Helen S. Astin‚ Jennifer A. Lindholm During the past two decades higher education in America has attempted a number of reforms. Reform efforts are predicated on the assumption that proactive‚ intentional change efforts in colleges and universities can succeed despite the predilection for tradition and maintaining the existing culture. Culture proves to be a critical component in understanding the process
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Observable Aspects of Organizational Culture Samuel Spetnagel University of Phoenix MGT 331: Management: Organizational Behavior Michael Borden‚ Ph.D. June 3‚ 2006 Organizational Culture refers to the values‚ beliefs and customs of an organization. Whereas Organizational structure is relatively easy to draw and describe‚ organizational culture is less tangible. The organizational culture at Kenworth is different from many other companies; this is because of the geographical location of the
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Effects of Employees’ Motivation on Organizational Performance Abstract Many theories came along to show the importance of motivation. Motivators are the things that drive the employees to achieve; de-motivators are the opposite and would lead to deterioration on the job-level. Performance is directly affected by motivation‚ thus‚ a performance appraisal should be done where the manager measures the performance of an employee and acts accordingly. Motivation is the key to success in any
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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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together. Review Culture may be viewed as a group ’s "collective being" which is both static and dynamic in nature‚ and may be studied by looking at the dimensions of the "collective being" at a point in time as well as over time (RALSTON et al). Low’s (2009; 2002) studies cites the twelve Singaporean values and these values are then cited and used to examine the key value(s) that prevail among these Singapore companies. According to his thesis there are eight types of corporate culture existing in Singapore
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Organizational Performance Management Organizations across the board monitor performance in order to be profitable‚ and make their stakeholders happy‚ including healthcare organizations. The following paper will address similarities along with differences among three specific healthcare organizations; long-term care‚ VA hospitals‚ and community/public health systems. We will also discuss how each organization monitors performances‚ and how each organization achieves regulatory and accreditation
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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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Improving Organizational Performance” Simulation Summary Improving Organizational Performance The world of business has seen many examples of successful and unsuccessful companies approach their business activities in a different way and modeled different parts of the organizational structure. However‚ the most important element of any company‚ not depending on its size‚ profile of activity or type‚ is its labor force – the number of employees constitutes the driving element of any company
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clear indication to the extent in which culture‚ as a factor‚ have been involve in shaping up the choice of business ventures‚ particularly in the Asia context. Although the literature covers a wide variety of such theories and studies‚ this chapter will focus along the concepts of 3 main themes which will emerge repeatedly throughout the literature reviewed. These themes are: national and organizational culture of companies in Asia country‚ the role of culture and its importance in the area of business
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South America‚ Europe‚ Asia‚ and Australia. There are 170 shops in the United States included outlets stores. L’Occitane employed more than 2‚200 people and maintaining retail boutiques and franchises across the world. Current Culture According to the Organizational Culture Inventory‚ the primary style of L’Occitane is approval‚ dependent‚ competitive‚ and perfectionistic. L’Occitane is a retail company that sells high-end beauty products. We have to avoid any conflict either between the employees
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