NOTION OF ORGANIZATIONAL

CULTURE
CORPORATE CULTURE

Refers to assumption, beliefs, goals, knowledge and

values that are shared by organizational members.

(Schwarts and Davis,1981); Deal & Kennedy, 1982; Sathe

1983; Schein,1992)
Barnard

 Theorist

 The Father of the concept of corporate culture.

 Functions of executive – excursus about the importance of creating a

shared vision or purpose and the virtues of increasing individuals

capacity to be dominated by organizational personality.

MORGAN (1997)

Values & beliefs, when supported by various action

can exert a decisive influence in the overall ability of

the organization to deal with the challenges it faces.

 PETTIGREW, 1979; SCHEIN,1992; KOTTER&
HESKETT, 1992)

 They are culture scholars

 Phenomenon that involves beliefs & behavior exist in different levels of

organization like..

 STRUCTURES

 CONTROL & REWARD SYSTEM

 SYMBOLS

 MYTHS

 HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE

(KOTTER & HESKETT 1992)

It is the quality of human group that are passed from one
generation to the next.
FUNCTIONALIST

Component of integrated social system which includes

structure component to maintain an orderly social life,

adaptation mechanism, and society’s equilibrium with its

physical environment.
MODELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Achieving both internal cohesiveness and external

capability create contradiction in the organization.
(ALVESSON,2002)

Functionalist

Treat culture as serving the common good: promotes

effectiveness in organization & well being of stakeholders.

FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE

Culture as social glue

As regulator of social relations

As compass

Control mechanism
(ALVESSON, 2002; RACELIS,2009)

Describe function of culture are: culture as tool, building

blocks, as a need satisfier.
SOCIAL GLUE

Common view of culture

The organization are integrated and controlled through

informal, non- structural means –shared values beliefs,

understanding & norms.

(ALVESSON, 2002)

That culture in that sense contribute the avoidance of

fragmentation, conflict tension and other miseries.
(MARTIN,SIEHL,1990)

It is called the integration approach whereby all cultural

members are said to share the same view of culture.

Culture is social glue that holds members together in an

organizational wide consensus.