this thesis is to investigate how the employees in a subsidiary of a successful company perceive their own organizational culture and its connection to the organizational culture of the foreign parent company. This is also our research question. The company we have chosen to perform a case study at is BMW Group Gothenburg‚ subsidiary to BMW AG Germany. Method: This is a qualitative study‚ and in order to investigate the attitudes of the employees we have performed interviews with employees of different
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Organizational Insensitivity - Discriminatory Worldviews Organizational culture refers to the beliefs and values that have existed in an organization for a long time‚ and to the beliefs of the staff and the foreseen value of their work that will influence their attitudes and behavior. Manifestations of cultures in organizations include formal practices such as pay levels‚ structure of chain of command‚ job descriptions‚ and other written policies. Furthermore‚ aspects of organizations include
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different companies approach this objective through different ways due to their internal structure‚ industry‚ size‚ business environment and other variables that form its organizational culture. The study of these mannerisms from management to employees can be said to be organizational behaviour. Sheetal Narkar defines it as “The field of study which investigates the input that individuals‚ groups and structures have on behavior within an organization”.9 It depicts the organization as a piece of machinery
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c ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Student : PHUNG VAN TUNG (TONY) Lecturer : Prof. FIDEL A. OBLENA School year : SY 2013 – 2014 Semester : 1st Semester 1. Explain the importance of Organizational Behavior (OB) to: a. A company - The behavior of company with customer or partner in business. It should be effect to brand and prestigious of company. - Make trust from employees who must bring into play the company’s traditions and prove them ability. - By understanding how to get
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The Functional -Structural Approach has dominated organizational studies. Describe and discuss the paradigm fully and assess the challenge posed to it by Postmodernism. Introduction Functional approach is considered the second very essential paradigm in psychology. Functional structural approach in psychology deals with cognitive processes that incorporate consciousness (Burrell and Gareth‚ 41). William James the father of functional approach came up to this paradigm from a viewpoint
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Organizational Learning in Lenovo Table of Content Introduction of Lenevo Type of organisation learning Culture towards learning Culture of learning in the workplace Organisational values and attitudes towards learning External and internal forces impacting the culture Policy impacting the learning culture Brief evaluation of the effectiveness of this learning Reference Introduction of Lenevo Lenovo is the world’s leading personal computer company. Lenovo Group
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Organizational behavior is the culture of the organization‚ which includes how the employees interact with one another. It also involves how the employees feel about the company itself. The challenges of organizational behavior that most companies face include overcoming cultural and ethnic differences‚ improving productivity‚ hiring employees that fit into the organizational culture or who can improve it‚ and helping employees to find proper level of a work-life balance. One of the primary challenges
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What is organizational culture? * Organizational culture- The system of shared actions‚ values‚ and beliefs that develops within an organization and guides the behavior of its members * External adaptation- Involves reaching goals and dealing with outsiders regarding tasks to be accomplished; methods used to achieve the goals; methods of coping with success and failure. * Important aspects of external adaptation * Separating eternal forces based on importance * Developing
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Chapter 1: What is Organizational Behavior? 1. What is Organizational Behavior? A field of study that investigates the impact of individuals‚ groups & structure on behavior within organizations; its purpose is to apply such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness. 2. What is an “organization”? What are some examples? A consciously coordinated social unit composed of a group of people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set
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INTRODUCTION Organizational Development (OD) has become more and more important for today’s organizations because the world is moving so fast that organizations have to find ways to be more effective‚ more innovation‚ more customer-driven‚ and more agile. Cumming and Worley (1997) define organizational development as “a process that applies a broad range of behaviour science knowledge and practices to help organizations build their capacity to change and to achieve greater effectiveness”. Therefore
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