Organizational culture is the collective behavior of humans who are part of an organization and the meanings that the people attach to their actions. Culture includes the organization values‚ visions‚ norms‚ working language‚ systems‚ beliefs & habits. It is also the pattern of such collective behaviors and assumptions that are thought to new organizational members as a way of perceiving‚ & even thinking and feeling. Organizational culture affects the way people & groups interact with each other
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Organizational Culture Essay Organizational culture is a complex concept including many different meanings. In this essay‚ the definition of organizational culture is described as "a set of shared values and norms that controls organization members "interaction with each other‚ and with suppliers‚customers and others outside the organization‚ given by Gareth Jones. According to Morgan ’s theory‚ metaphor is a method to explain a phenomenon or create meaning by using one element of experience to
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Organizational Change Organizational change is common when companies go through a transformation and need to either change business strategies or restructure the operation. Organizations are open systems that survive by maintaining good standing with the economic environment around them. By fundamentally changing the environment of a company‚ it means altering ways and means of production‚ downsizing‚ or even dropping dead weight as Ford did eliminating whole brands such as Mercury. In some cases
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ABSTRACT This paper focuses on promoting organizational learning in business organizations. With the increasing global competition promoting organizational learning in organizations has become major priority for many companies which want to increase their efficiency and innovativeness. Companies which effectively promote organizational learning enjoy many benefits. They maintain levels of innovation and remaining competitive‚ better respond to external pressures‚ acquire the knowledge to better
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Organizational Structure of Memphis City Schools MGT/230 October 31‚ 2012 Every type of company or organization that exists operates with a certain organizational structure. However‚ the organizational structure is tailored to best meet the needs and services of the company. Organizational structures are used as a means of communicating how business will take place within an organization. The structure of an organization is important to the main areas that make an organization function effectively
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Role[edit] The role of interpersonal communication has been studied mainly as a mediator for mass media effects. Since Katz and Lazarsfeld (1955) introduced their ‘filter hypothesis’‚ maintaining that personal communication mediates the influence of mass communication on individual voters‚ many studies have repeated this logic when combining personal and mass communication in effect studies on election campaigns (Schmitt-Beck‚ 2003). Although some research exists that examines the activities of
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Communication Communicating - or getting our message across - is the concern of us all in our daily lives in whatever language we happen to use. Learning to be better communicators is important to all of us in both our private and public lives. Better communication means better understanding of ourselves and others; less isolation from those around us and more productive‚ happy lives. We begin at birth by interacting with those around us to keep warm‚ dry and fed. We learn very soon that the
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Denise L. Smith 5/1/2013 Organizational Learning Learning organizations can be understood as institutions which allow for expansion of capacity among its employees or people. In such organizations‚ people have the opportunity to develop and give the desired results. Learning also allows for the nurturance of new ideas and thought patterns. According to Senge‚ learning organizations involve collective aspirations that are not restricted and enables individuals to be in a continuous learning
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Organizational structures developed from the ancient times of hunters and collectors in tribal organizations through highly royal and clerical power structures to industrial structures and today’s post-industrial structures. [edit] Organizational structure types [edit] Pre-bureaucratic structures Pre-bureaucratic (entrepreneurial) structures lack standardization of tasks. This structure is most common in smaller organizations and is best used to solve simple tasks. The structure is totally centralized
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Organizational structure An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation‚ coordination and supervision‚ which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims.[1] It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment.[2] Many organizations have hierarchical structures‚ but not all. Organizations are a variant of clustered entities. An organization can be structured in many different
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