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Organizational Culture: Jose Tirso B Dayrit
Organizational Culture: Jose Tirso B Dayrit
Organizational Culture: Jose Tirso B Dayrit
Artifacts
• they include the physical layout of the
workplace and observable behavior of its
employees
• most visible components of organizational
culture.
3 levels of Organizational Culture
Values
• they can be seen as they influence
observable behavior of the individuals
working in the organization
• less visible than behavior
3 levels of Organizational Culture
Attention to Detail
importance a company allots to
precision and detail in the workplace
universal value as the degree of
attention the employees are expected to
give is crucial to the success of any
business
7 primary characteristics of organizational culture
Outcome Orientation
• results rather than processes
7 primary characteristics of organizational culture
People Orientation
• Management that focuses on people
7 primary characteristics of organizational culture
Team Orientation
• help give better results as compared to
individual efforts
• complementary skills and will effectively
work together
7 primary characteristics of organizational culture
Aggressiveness
• lays down the level of aggressiveness
with which their employees work
7 primary characteristics of organizational culture
• Stability
• focused on making themselves and their
operations stable
• Stability vs Innovation
Two General Types of Culture
• Defensive Cultures - Inactive/Reactive
– How people see you is more important than what
you do
– Focus on blame
– Maintain the status quo
• Constructive Cultures - Proactive
– Fosters innovation
– Reinforces personal responsibility and accountability
– Value performance
Participative, employee
Humanistic-
centered, and supportive
encouraging
High priority on constructive interpersonal
Affiliative
relationships, and focus on work group
satisfaction
Passive Defensive Culture
Perfectionistic Affiliative
Members are expected to avoid making … Members are expected to be friendly,
mistakes, work long hours, and keep ‘on open and sensitive to the satisfaction of
top’ of everything the work group
Competitive Approval
… Members are expected to operate in a … Members are expected to agree with,
‘win-lose’ framework and work against gain the approval of, and be liked by
their peers to be noticed others
Power Conventional
… Members are expected to take charge and … Members are expected to conform,
‘control’ others, and make decisions follow the rules and make a good
autocratically impression
Oppositional Dependent
… Members are expected to gain status and … Members are expected to do what they
influence by being critical and constantly are told and clear all decisions with
challenging one another Avoidance supervisors
.. Members are expected to share
responsibilities to others and avoid being
Jose Tirso B Dayrit blamed for mistakes
Pragmatic Culture
• contrast to normative cultures
• No system of rules
• No Expected attitudes and behaviors
• highest importance is given to the needs
of the client
Academy Culture
• employees are highly skilled
• provides an environment for the
development of skills
• Employees tend to stay with the
organization and grow within it
Baseball Team Culture
• employees are "free agents" and are highly
prized
• employees find employment easily
• very much in demand
• type of culture exists in the fast-paced, high-
risk organizations
Club Culture
employees stay with the organization for
a long time and get promoted to a senior
post or level
employees are handpicked, and it is
imperative that they possess the specific
skills required and desired, by the
organization
Fortress Culture
• Employees are not sure if the will be laid off or
not by the organization
• undergoes massive changes
• change is an element of constancy
Tough-Guy or Macho Culture
• big rewards and quick feedback
• associated with quick financial activities
Work Hard/Play Hard Culture
• consist of a firm base along with a strong
client relationship
• emphasize meeting short-term deadlines
• high energy and lots of client contact
• involve only a fraction of the company’s
resources in any one deal
Bet Your Company Culture
• makes big and important decisions over high
stakes events
• takes time to see the consequence of these
decisions
• common among long-term projects
Process Bureaucratic Culture
• does not include the process of feedback
• extremely cautious about the adherence to
laws and prefer to abide by them
• culture provides consistency to the
organization and is good for public services