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M. Zakaullah Khan 47
Naveed Anwar 25
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
What is Organizational Culture?Organizational culture refers to a system of shared meaning held by members that distinguishes the
organization from other organizations.
Primary Characteristics Innovation and Risk Taking Attention to Detail Outcome Orientation People Orientation Team Orientation Aggressiveness Stability
Culture is A Descriptive Term
Do Organizations Have Uniform Culture?
Strong Versus Weak Culture
Culture Versus Formalization
High Formalization creates predictability, orderliness, and consistency whereas a Strong Culture achieves the same end without the need for written documentation.
What Organizations Do?
Culture’s FunctionsCulture Create ClimateCulture as Liability
Culture Functions It creates distinction between organizations
and others. It conveys a sense of Identity for the
organization members. It facilitates commitment to something
larger than individual self-interest. It enhances the stability of the social
system. It control mechanism that guides and
shapes employees’ attitudes and behavior
Culture Create Climate It refers to the shared perceptions
organizational members have about their organization and work environment.
Culture as Liability Institutionalization
A condition that occurs when an organization takes on a life of its own, apart from any of its members, and acquires immortality.
Barriers to ChangeCulture is a liability when the shared values don’t agree with those that further the organization’s effectiveness.
Barriers to DiversityHiring new employees who differ from the majority in race, age, gender, disability, or other characteristics creates a paradox.
Barriers to Acquisitions and MergersAt acquisition or merger decisions, the key factors were financial advantage and product synergy
Creating and Sustaining Culture
1) How a Culture Begins?2) Keeping a Culture Alive3) How Cultures Form?
How a Culture Begins? Founders hire and keep only employees who
think and feel the same way they do.
They indoctrinate and socialize these employees to their way of thinking and feeling.
The founders’ own behavior encourages employees to identify with them and internalize their beliefs, values, and assumptions.
Keeping a Culture Alive Selection
Top Management
Socialization
How Culture’s Forms
How Employees Learn Culture
Stories Rituals Material Symbols Language