International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 7, Issue 3, March-2016

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Factors that Create and Sustain Organizational Culture The Importance of

the Role of Organizational Leaders

HASSAN ALI ALMOMEN

Abstract

The founder of a business sets up the underlying culture of his organization. Keeping in
mind the end goal to get by in the marketplace, the leader of a business finds an
unmistakable method for giving products and services to his client base. A few
organizations are established on giving excellent client services, and some are established
on giving low costs, however whatever technique the leader discovers accomplishment
with turns into the right route for this organization to direct business and is instilled in the
way of life of the new business. Once the leader has set up a kind of culture for his
organization, he hires individuals to work for him whose qualities will coordinate the
center values of the way of life of the organization. This is done through a selection and

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hiring process that places a need on employing individuals who can perform the job
enough additionally puts a need on how well the applicant fits into the way of life of the
organization. The leader then further strengthens the significance of core values to the
general population he has hired.
as Wal-Mart and Southwest Airlines
Most scholars have traditionally
thrived well when their competitors were
focused on certain factors considered to
better positioned in terms of the above
be behind successful businesses. Factors
forces (Cameron & Quinn, 1999). A
such as large market share, strong
detailed examination of these
barriers to entry into the market, low
organizations will reveal that their
availability of substitute products, low
success was not grounded on
bargaining power of the buyers, or low
competitive positioning in the market
rivalry among the competitors are
but rather on the established
considered by many as preludes to a
organizational culture.
success in business (Cameron & Quinn,
Organization culture broadly
1999). However, these are not sufficient
refers to the principles and practices set
conditions for success. Companies such

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joins the company and they constitute by the management that will guide the

the culture. employees and other stakeholders on

The culture of an organization how to work as a unit towards the

has much influence on its performance achievement of the established goals and

success (Mohamed et al., 2013). It is objectives (Mohamed et al., 2013;

usually established by the founder of the Hosseini, 2014). From the illustration

organization but may be changed later given above, organization’s culture is

on when new leadership with different created out of the management’s desire

ideals come into power. Whichever the to have a society of workers and other

case, the commitment of the top stakeholders who will work in harmony

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leadership in an organization will largely to help achieve company objectives. It

determine the extent to which the culture will be effective when there is proper

will thrive and remain sustainable over commitment by the management

long periods (Cresie, 2005; Hosseini, (McGuire, 2003). The process begins

2014). The top executives have to be with the leaders coming up with the

exemplary in living by the established mission, vision, and goals of the

cultures. Besides, a culture in an objectives (Lowe, 2009). The

organization will be sustained for long if management then settles on the core

it leads to a successful classical values, principles, and practices that will

management and the organization be appropriate in pursuing the

records good performance. On the objectives. These are then

contrary, the culture will be revised communicated to any employee who

when it does not aid proper management

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National Rural Health or when some developments have

Conference. occurred and it no longer works.

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