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Understanding & Changing Organizational Culture
Understanding & Changing Organizational Culture
How it works
How to change it.maybe
Popular cartoons are often blunt about what is seen in some organizational cultures
What is culture? What are the organizational indications of culture? How might you diagnose the health of a culture? How is organizational culture formed? How can culture be changed?
Levels of Change
Societal Culture Who we are, customs Organizational Culture The way we do things here Team Norms Whats (un)acceptable; This is what we do Individual Personality Values, beliefs, temperament, habits; Who I am
Culture
Heroes & Heroines Personify values create role models intuitive & visionary ethic of creation not competition success attainable symbolize company standard of performance motivate employees
Myths Frequently told stories Based on true or imaginary events shared & told to newcomers
Symbols Events & things with special & deeply held meanings large office with window seating close to CEO
Survey/Data Feedback
Identify area of concern & associated beliefs & behaviors Involve system in survey selection or construction Gather data Analyze data to contrast practice and beliefs Present to OD group Use Reflective Learning Model to identify discrepancies explore interpretations consider interventions Implement & evaluate
Force-Field Analysis for achieving a culture that promotes patient/client self-care in a general practice
Team discussion
1. Describe the artifacts of a work culture with which you are very familiar
2. What are the underlying values and culture that these artifacts represent?
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this culture? 4. Is there a gap between where the organization is and where it would like to be? 5. If you were to attempt culture change, how would you go about it?
The following slides are only examples of various approaches to describing culture
Deal & Kennedys Corporate Culture Kilmann Saxton Culture Gap Survey Denison Organization Culture Survey Sonnenfeld & Peiperls Four Cultures Reimann & Weiners Shared Values Model Scheins Qualitative Assessment Hofstedes dimensions of Culture
Technical Concerns
Task Support
Task Innovation
Short Term
+ improvement with social relationships (participate, get to know people) - improvement with decrease in social relations (dont socialize as much)
Long Term
Social Relations Personal Freedom
+ increase personal freedom (more discretion in following rules)
Human Concerns
- performance/morale improve with decrease in personal freedom (live for organization & its values)
A Minus (-) score (unfilled bar) is a significant culture gap & indicates a desire for less of something. An unfilled bar can be a cultural barrier to organization success