Corporate culture is defined as: "the moral‚ social‚ and behavioral norms of an organization based on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and priorities of its members." Every organization has its own unique culture or value set; however‚ most organizations do not consciously try to create a certain culture. The culture of the organization is typically created unconsciously‚ based on the values of the top management or the founders of an organization. Southwest Airlines expends a lot of energy in maintaining
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Culture is instrumental in shaping an organization and is viewed in through observable artifacts‚ espoused values‚ and shared beliefs of a group (). Observable artifacts are examined through the physical attributes of an organization which potentially include: dress codes‚ awards given‚ acronyms utilized‚ and rituals within the company. The basic assumptions‚ values or beliefs that employees hold shape a company’s behavior and they are the most difficult to change. Recently a topic of ongoing conversation
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Management Literature Review “During the 1980s the concept of corporate culture captured the imagination of management researchers and practitioners alike. In particular‚ Peters and Waterman’s (1982) book entitled In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies proclaimed that the key to corporate success was a strongly unified corporate culture.” Wilson (1996:87) Corporate culture has always been a part of every business since it was first introduced in the 1980’s. It doesn’t
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DCC-2 2.1 Existing corporate climate of Nokia S Chamil de Alwis 103250-82 According to the case study of Nokia the corporate climate is not at a positive stage at the time. Many former employees criticise the management once they have level the company for example “Due to the high risk the higher management has killed the idea of touch screen” Mr.Hakkarainen (former employee) · “research was managed by committee with Soviet style bureaucracy” Mr. Risku (Former Manager) This clearly shows the
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Southwest culture entails the company focusing on every individual at the firm not only concerning their work but also about them personally. Its corporate culture has an obsession with putting its individuals first. It is pegged on the belief that the only way to deliver remarkable service consistently more so on the front line is treating persons in a way that reflects how the external clients should be treated. The company considers its workers as its internal customers. It has a culture where the
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Alaska Airline & Corporate Culture A unique cultural characteristic of Alaska Airline would be the benefits they allot their employees. After 90 days of working with Alaska Airline‚ an employee earns benefits which allows him or her to fly anywhere at anytime with 1 other individual. In addition to this‚ the employee is given 6 “buddy passes” each year which allows the employee to give 6 roundtrip tickets to people other than himself or the 1 person he chooses to travel with. The best part
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Walt-Mart Ethical Culture February 2015 Major: Business ABSTRACT Walt-Mart Ethical Culture & corporate profit maximization Todays as we live in a global economy‚ the common knowledge of ethical culture provides identifying characteristic and values for organizational members to recognize and become informed. Cultures can be distinguished by artifacts‚ values‚ and basic traditions. On the other hand profit maximization
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Why are ethics important? Recent events in corporate America have demonstrated the destructive effects that occur when the leadership of a company does not behave ethically. One might wonder why highly educated‚ successful‚ and business savvy corporate professionals at Enron‚ Tyco‚ WorldCom‚ and Adelphia got themselves into such a big mess. The answer lies in a profound lack of ethics. Running a business ethically is good for business. However‚ "business ethics" if properly interpreted means
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The Corporate Culture in South Korea Business in the XXI century is becoming more and more global‚ international; we find new partners in various‚ sometimes very exotic parts of the world. It is all possible thanks to the common language (assuming that "everybody" knows English)‚ good and fast transportation and new ways of communication‚ like for example Internet. We are learning from each other and trying to adjust to new situations‚ although the differences are often much greater than just
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The paper begins with explaining the theoretical foundations by introducing the main concepts; national culture and corporate culture‚ or culture at organizational level. The study conducted by Engelen et al. concentrates on the individualism versus collectivism dimension of national culture and on the strength of the corporate culture. After familiarizing the concepts‚ the paper presents the hypotheses and clarifies how the hypotheses are derived. Next‚ the research conducted to test the hypotheses
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