A Case Study Of Holden's Organizational Culture

Introduction
There are many different types of organizations in the business market. All those organizations run their business a little differently. Using our case study Holden Outerwear as an example, we will identify whether Holden is a group or team and how Holden 's hierarchy structure affect their organizational culture. We will also discuss what type of organizational enhancements does Holden gain from fostering their type of culture and in what way Holden 's top management play a role in implementing structured and culture based on sound business reasoning. Finally, this paper will outline how Holden resolves potential conflicts that could be perceived as "contradictory" to their business structure not to disrupt their organizational performance. …show more content…
The advantages Holden benefits of fostering team-culture is “owned”. Not ownership in the sense of controlling the company, but emotional ownership. That type of ownership could only come from Holden tightly knit family inclusion environment. Holden believes that a traditional hierarchy would stifle creativity and impede …show more content…
Mike states he likes the word "team" because it brings people together. Mike has always had the ability to bring people together since he was a kid. Mike also states they are totally team players - at Holden you have to be a team player. If you are fighting with anybody internally, that means things are not getting done. Holden believes it 's important to have a team in product development because one person can get spread too