After reading Arthur Sharplin’s Harvard Case Study, the Lincoln Electric Company (1989), you get an incredibly good idea of just why it’s considered one of the best managed manufacturing companies around. The culture of entire company seems to be one that is focused primarily on people instead of profits. Looking at the case study with the ideas of Organizational Culture Profile in mind, you can see evidence of several different values that have combined to create the unique culture that permeates the company.
Throughout Sharplin’s case study, you see the underlying theme of a people-oriented culture, but with elements from other values as well. Some of the other values I found were outcome-oriented, team-oriented, and detail-oriented. I hope …show more content…
13-16), you can see that the employees overall feel that they are entirely invested in the Lincoln Electric Company. Many of them state that compensation is the leading advantage of working there. Some state their salary, along with bonuses, was around $50,000. According to the US Census Bureau, the median household income before taxes in 1980 was $17,710 (US Census Bureau, 2003). The difference in the average household income and the income from Lincoln Electric is large. Several of the employees interviewed stated that upper management knew them by name, which is something else that sets this company apart from others.
After analyzing the case study, you can understand the culture of Lincoln Electric Company leans toward its people at all times. When looking at the company culture, there does not seem to be any sign of subcultures within separate departments, even though several different values are seen throughout. Here, each value or culture is maintained simultaneously throughout the whole company. That flexibility has enabled Lincoln Electric to produce a quality product and keep employees that are totally invested in the company, which in turn, allows for a much higher level of productivity than other
Throughout Sharplin’s case study, you see the underlying theme of a people-oriented culture, but with elements from other values as well. Some of the other values I found were outcome-oriented, team-oriented, and detail-oriented. I hope …show more content…
13-16), you can see that the employees overall feel that they are entirely invested in the Lincoln Electric Company. Many of them state that compensation is the leading advantage of working there. Some state their salary, along with bonuses, was around $50,000. According to the US Census Bureau, the median household income before taxes in 1980 was $17,710 (US Census Bureau, 2003). The difference in the average household income and the income from Lincoln Electric is large. Several of the employees interviewed stated that upper management knew them by name, which is something else that sets this company apart from others.
After analyzing the case study, you can understand the culture of Lincoln Electric Company leans toward its people at all times. When looking at the company culture, there does not seem to be any sign of subcultures within separate departments, even though several different values are seen throughout. Here, each value or culture is maintained simultaneously throughout the whole company. That flexibility has enabled Lincoln Electric to produce a quality product and keep employees that are totally invested in the company, which in turn, allows for a much higher level of productivity than other