Organizational Culture

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Objectives
At the end of the unit, the students are able to:
• Explain the concept of organizational culture and
organizational climate.
• Identify and explain the ways to learn
organizational culture
Organizational Culture: Defined
Organizational culture refers to a system of shared
meaning held by members that distinguishes the
organization from other organizations.

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Organizational Culture
• Organizational Climate - The shared perceptions of
organizational members about their organization
and work environment.

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Organizational Culture
Characteristics
1. Innovation and risk taking
2. Attention to detail
3. Outcome orientation
4. People orientation
5. Team orientation
6. Aggressiveness
7. Stability

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Ways of learning culture:
• Stories
• Rituals
• Material symbols
• Language

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Positive organizational culture emphasizes building
on employee strengths, rewards more than it
punishes, and emphasizes individual vitality and
growth

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Culture as a liability
• Barrier to change
• Barrier to Diversity
• Barriers to Acquisition and Mergers

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Sustaining Organizational Culture
Socialization

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Socialization Process
• Pre-arrival
• Encounter
• Metamorphosis

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Socialization: Mentoring
a unique reciprocal learning partnership between
two people that involves psychosocial and career
support

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Socialization: Culture Diversity
is composed of people coming from different
origins, culture and ways of life living alongside each
other without one getting in the way of the other
and trying to force their ways on other people

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Factors to consider in Managing a Diverse Culture
• cultural awareness
• introduce career development programs
• learn about the demographics of the workforce

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Factors to consider in Managing Cultural Diversity
• Coping with employees’ unfamiliarity with the
language
• increased trainings especially on different skills
such as verbal

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• Reference
Robbins, Stephen & Judge, Timothy (2018).
Organizational Behavior. 18th ed. , Pearson Prentice
Hall, New Jersey