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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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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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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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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People and Organizational Management in the Built Environment Theory of Organizational Culture: The Climatic and Cultural Factors Table of Contents SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS ..................................... 3 WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE?................................................................... 3 WHY DOES IT MATTER? ........
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Learning Team Deliverable Organizational culture consists of different traditional ways‚ values‚ and certain beliefs when setting out the rules for making a decision‚ power‚ and formation of a company. The organizational culture focuses more on leadership values. Culture determines the way we as people handle business and also for one’s own success. By having a structured organizational culture‚ it allows the employees to feel that if they do what is right‚ they will be rewarded for their actions
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University of Phoenix | The Organizational Culture Communication Created Within Starbucks | COM/530 Mark Busby | | | The company Starbucks has successfully infused a positive organizational culture by utilizing effective communication techniques with its employees and stakeholders. Since 1998‚ Starbucks has been named to Fortunes “Best 100 Companies to Work For “list. ("100 best companies‚" 2012) Starbucks list their employees as partners on its website. This type of formal communication
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Jefferson’s Great Gamble. Naperville‚ Illinois: Sourcebooks‚ Inc‚ 2003. The United States and France were on the brink of war. At stake was the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling Mississippi River port known as New Orleans. In the center of the crisis stood Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte‚ two of the greatest leaders of their time‚ now face to face in a test of wits and wills that would determine the futures of their countries. Jefferson’s Great Gamble is the dramatic story
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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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