Running head: An Analysis of Organizational Culture An Analysis of Organizational Culture Abstract The following is an observation and analysis of the role an organization’s values play on the development and state of its culture. This analysis is based on five interviews of both male and female workers from a privately owned manufacturing company with annual revenues exceeding a billion dollars. In forming my conclusions‚ I will analyze the synthesis of
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October 2009 Marion Gruber Reinis Onuzans Steven Teves Jessica Wernett Table of Contents 1 Introduction…………………………………………………….………………………3 2 Google’s future growth……………………………………………………………….4 2.1 Organizational Culture: Facilitating Aspects…………….……………….4 2.2 Organizational Culture: Constraining Aspects……..……………….……6 3 Recommendations……………………………………………………………………8 4 References………………………………………………...…………………………..9 5 Table of Figures…………………………………………….……………….………10 1 Introduction
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How Culture Affects Productivity Organizational culture and productivity are closely related. Simply stated‚ productivity is the art of getting the company ’ ’s products and/or services to the customer at the lowest possible cost. But it is more than that - it is related to quality‚ to customer needs and to labour relations. In other words‚ productivity and good management are inseparable. Productivity is a result of motivation‚ and motivation thrives in a good climate. If management is to transform
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Motivation and Organizational Culture Tawny Christensen HCA 250 March 14‚ 2013 Darlene Tomlinson Motivation and Organizational Culture Assignment In any given business or workplace environment the employees that work there should be the most valued assets. Research has shown that personnel who are happy and taken care of are much more productive than those who are not‚ therefore establishing a more pleasing work atmosphere. That being said‚ business leaders and managers alike play an extremely
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Introduction Organizational culture is a set of key values‚ assumptions‚ and beliefs that are shared by an organization’s members. The combined key values create a custom attitude or culture that is followed by the organization’s members. The culture represents the "personality of the organization" (McNamara‚ 1999). Through the observation of employee behavior one can help predict an organization’s culture that influences its business attitude. Organizational culture can also help distinguish two
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3 Organizational Culture and Performance The concept of organizational culture has drawn attention to the long-neglected‚ subjective or ‘soft’ side of organizational life. However‚ many aspects of organizational culture have not received much attention. Instead‚ emphasis has been placed primarily on the cultural and symbolic aspects that are relevant in an instrumental/pragmatic context. The technical cognitive interest prevails. Culture then is treated as an object of management action. In this
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Organizational culture which is also called corporate culture can be defined as a personality of the organization. As we know personality has always played a major role in Mans success‚ in the same way organizational culture can play a major role in company success. Now in days most of the businesses that are very successful have build a very typical culture that works towards their success. Pixar Is a very good example of how organizational culture can be a key element to a company success. Pixar
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Management December‚ 2008 Organizational Culture and Its Themes Shili Sun School of Foreign Languages‚ Ludong University No.186 Hongqi Middle Road‚ Zhifu District‚ Yantai 264025‚ Shandong Province‚ China Tel: 86-535-668-1098 Abstract E-mail: shilisun@hotmail.com As one of the key ‘stable factors’‚ culture within an organization is playing a critical role in the organization’s everyday operations. Although the culture literature has at times focused on the culture of an organization as shared
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established a strong company organizational culture based on a shared mission‚ vision and value system as the cornerstone of the company and its subsidiaries. They respect the spirit of entrepreneurship‚ innovation‚ and focus on meeting the needs of their customers. According to the founder‚ Jack Ma (August‚2013)‚ Alibaba’s organizational culture can be summarized with four simple words: openness‚ transparency‚ sharing‚ and responsibility.It is thank to the organizational culture‚ Alibaba has launched a
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Organizational Culture and Productivity October 1st‚ 2014 Organizational culture is defined as the “shared social knowledge within an organizational regarding the rules‚ norms‚ and values that shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees. It is one of the most important building blocks for a highly successful organization and an extraordinary workplace. Organizational success relies on the how to operate the business in a effective and productive way. Leaders of the organizations are looking
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