Organizational Structures

Both the defined structure and the assumed hierarchy indicate the value of each persons
contributions.
Bear in mind that top management is just a metaphor. In reality, the top manager is on top
of nothing but a chart. Managers who see themselves on top of their organizations may not
really be on top of what takes place there. They may simply be too distant from the actual
work being done. (Mintzberg and Van der Heyden, 1999. p. 93) [7]

Control System
Measurements and reward schemes in place that emphasis on the expected behavior.

Power Structures
The groups that appear most powerful highlight the core assumptions for an organization.
All of these 6 areas can be arranged around the organization culture as mentioned in the figure
below.

To use the cultural web effectively there are three key steps: looking at the current culture, what the
future culture needs to look like, and the differences between the two. One of the hardest things to do
is to get the managers to conceptualize the paradigm because they dont see their assumptions as
problematic. They need to question everything they take for granted because it all affects the culture
and may need to be changed. Once all aspects of the culture have been discussed, it then becomes
easier to understand what areas require change. The so called soft factors are harder to change than
the hard factors, because they affect peoples thinking.
The organizational culture helps the organizations to solve its problems of external adaptation and
internal integration by creating a shared pattern. As the new members come into the organization, they
perceive and think these problems in this shared pattern. According to these definitions; a group of
people come together to perform a job, they need a set of rules to act in common manner and they
need to know how to act in various circumstances. -Knowing how the other members of the
organization act in the same circumstances- gathers the organization members under the same
umbrella. Organizational culture is also taken into consideration in the decision making process of
long-term plans for strategic planning.