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The cultural approach- What is culture?
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-culture is a meaninful order of persons and things.
- an organizational culture is a pattern of shared beaisc assumptions to learn and cope with problems of external adptation and internal integration. - common believes, prescribe order and explanation - common recognition |
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Culture as a symbolic constructions- What symbolic means?
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it stands for something other than itself.
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What is organizational culture?
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actions, ways of thinking, practices, stories, artifacts that characterize a particular organization.
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What involves the study of organizational cultures?
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it involves interpreting the meanings of organizational symbols.
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Cultural elements emerge from symbol using practices and create a unique sense of place.
What are the cultural elements? |
Methaphors: figures of speech, define an unfamiliar exprerience in terms of a more familiar one.
Rituals: cultures' basic value, routines, celebrations that reinforce organizational values. Stories: convey what and who is valued by the culture, powerful means of creating and recreating cultures. Artifacts: tangible and physical features. Heroes: menbers held up as role models, they embody and personify cultural values. Performances: communication behaviors as they construct culture. Performances center culture. Values: shared set of beliefs derived leaders/founders. |
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Historical and cultural background- What were the competitive pressures?
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Increase in Global competition- Japonese new manufacturing techniques.
survival depend on the ability to adapt. |
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What was the theory Z?
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Organization that would integrate the individual achievement and advancement while developing a sense of community in the workplace.
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What is Interpretive Methodology?
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People were looking for new models of effective organizations, understand dynamic nature of organizational life.
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What were the new ways of viewing organizations?
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values, rituals, and socializations
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What is ethnography?
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the cultural studies of organizations and communications
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What does an ethnographer?
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review and evaluate their company values.
_Resercher experience culture first hand: realist (objective), impressionist ( creative), confessional (emotions) - give stimulus for cultural dialogue it exposes sourcer of power and resistance and reveals values and beliefs. - define workplace as community |
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what were some social trends?
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Tension shaped the values of new generations:
- political landscape -emerging of multinational firms - turbulent social env. -women work outside of home -minority groups protests |
