Organizational Culture
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What is it?
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Values, Beliefs, and Assumptions that Characterize an Organization
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Shared meaning
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Employees’ perceptions of the characteristics of the culture, not whether they like
them.
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What does culture really do? / Why should we care?
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Boundary defining role ○
Commitment
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Control system
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Sense-making mechanism
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Is a strong culture always a good thing?
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It can act as a barrier to change or act as a barrier to diversity if we have a strong
culture in place, which is generally a good thing with some drawbacks
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Can you change organizational culture?
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Yes, but it is tough and takes a lot of time and energy, certain situations make it more possible
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When is it more likely to take hold?
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More likely to take hold in an emergency situation, downturn in the economy, or Turnover in leadership (This will be on exam) *********
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Creating an ethical culture
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Be a visible role model
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Communicate ethical expectations
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Provide ethical training
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Visibly reward ethical acts (And punish unethical ones)
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Provide protection mechanism
Questions & Answers from Practice Quiz —--- Might be in a real exam so maybe remember these
1.
A number of fields outside of management use the principles of EBM to be successful. Which of the following is NOT an example of EBM?
a.
The police closely follow established laws
2.
Myth or science: The best managers spend a significant amount of time walking around (i.e., Floortime) their department —--- this one will be on exam go into textbook & look for this one and make note of it 3.
Employees at Initech just finished a two-week training program at an off-site training seminar in Tampa, FL. if you knew nothing else about them other than the information listed below, who would do the best job of transferring this newly learned knowledge back to their current position at Initech:
a.
Chris, a 54-year-old male from California (older individuals take in information better)
4.
Which of the following would most likely demonstrate the strongest correlation?
