My Organizational Culture

Organizational culture plays a crucial role in today’s business world. According to our textbook, organizational culture can be defined as a system of shared meaning held by members that distinguishes the organization from other organizations. In essence, organizational culture describes how employees perceive an organization. Not surprisingly, the culture of a company can have a substantial influence on the attitudes and behavior of its employees. Hence, building a positive organizational culture is absolute key in running a successful business. Our textbook mentions seven distinct characteristics that can help to capture the essence of an organization’s culture: innovation and risk taking, attention to detail, outcome orientation, people …show more content…
Managers working at a successful company will make a dedicated effort to exploit their employees’ key strengths. However, a company with a strong culture will also never overlook any serious problems or weaknesses that employees may face. In reality, many employees are unaware of what their true strengths are. An organization with a strong organizational culture can help employees to uncover their true abilities and unlock their full potential. In my own life, I had a work experience this past summer related to building employee strengths. Over the summer, I worked at a home healthcare company back home in Minneapolis called Friends & Family homecare. My boss, Cheryl, was really excellent at helping me discover my true strengths and weaknesses. She guided me and helped me realize what skills I am really good at and which skills I needed to work on improving. She exposed me to several different areas of business and helped me to pick accounting as my major. She most definitely exhibited emotional intelligence and I am really glad that I had the pleasure of working for her. Cheryl will serve as my role model if I am ever put into a leadership position once I enter the working …show more content…
Companies with high ethical standards can have a very positive influence on employees. Due to this, many managers will often seek out ways to increase the ethicacy of their organization. In fact, there are several key steps managers can take to create a more ethical culture: be a visible role model, communicate ethical expectations, provide ethical training, visibly reward ethical acts and punish unethical ones, and provide protective mechanisms. Relating this topic to my own life, my mom has told me about the practices her bosses have implemented in order to create a more ethical culture at her place of work. For example, my mom and several other managers in her department were required to take ethical training classes so they could better serve employees and create an even more positive environment. Additionally, her bosses would often talk to my mom and her coworkers about specific strategies for serving as an exceptional role model to