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    Organizational culture is defined as a system of shared meanings held by organizational members. Cultural values are collective beliefs, assumptions, and feelings that determine what is considered good, normal, and valuable. Culture acts as the social glue that establishes standards of behavior to hold an organization together. Culture is reinforced through stories, rituals, symbols, and language, and both enables controlling behavior and defining boundaries while also potentially inhibiting diversity, change, and mergers.

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    What is Organizational Culture?

    A system of meaning shared by the


    organizations members
    Cultural values are collective beliefs,
    assumptions, and feelings about what things
    are good, normal, rational, valuable, etc.

    Cultures Overall Function

    Culture is the social glue that helps hold an


    organization together by providing
    appropriate standards for what employees
    should say or do.

    Stories
    Stories

    Rituals
    Rituals

    How
    How Employees
    Employees
    Learn
    Learn Culture/
    Culture/
    How
    How it
    it is
    is reinforced
    reinforced
    Material
    Material
    Symbols
    Symbols

    Language
    Language
    Prentice Hall, 2001

    Chapter 17

    Organizational Culture
    Functions

    Liabilities

    Controlling behavior

    Blocking mergers

    Defining boundaries

    Inhibiting diversity

    Conveying identity

    Inhibiting change

    Promoting commitment

    Blocking acquisitions

    Prentice Hall, 2001

    Chapter 17

    What Is Organizational
    Culture?
    Innovation and risk taking (3M)
    Outcome orientation (Bausch & Lomb)
    People orientation (SWA)
    Aggressiveness (Microsoft)
    Family-friendly (SAS Institute)

    Prentice Hall, 2001

    Chapter 17

    How Organizational
    Cultures Form
    Top
    Management

    Philosophy
    of the
    Organizations
    Founders:
    Ben & Jerry,
    Herb Kelleher,
    Bill Gates

    Organizational
    Culture

    Selection

    Socialization
    Prentice Hall, 2001

    Chapter 17

    Do Organizations Have Uniform


    Cultures
    Dominant
    Culture

    Subcultures
    Core
    Values

    Prentice Hall, 2001

    Chapter 17

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