Organizational Culture: Gamestop Vs Walmart

On a day-to-day basis I interact with many organizations. These organizations range from our school to Walmart. The two organizations that I interact with the most are GameStop and Walmart. Both are highly successful, and well known for what they do. These two organizations are ones that are both great companies, and they highly value their customers. Organizational culture is something that is a big part of every company, and it can play a big role in their success. Organizational culture is “the shared values, principles, traditions, and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act” (Robbins, DeCenzo & Coulter, 2015, p. 44). Organizational culture can affect anything and anyone inside an organization. There are 7 dimensions of organizational culture, and they include things like attention to detail, outcome orientation, people orientation, team orientation, aggressiveness, stability, and innovation and risk taking (p. 45). These are the key things to success within an organization. Organizational culture is one of the most …show more content…
GameStop is a company that is always striving to help their customer’s every need. GameStop’s key company values include things like keeping the customer as the top priority, always being competitive, always showing leadership, being personally responsible, and by making opportunities from change (CorporateCulture. (n.d.). Retrieved October 15, 2015.). As a result of these values GameStop is a company that has a relatively high organizational culture. GameStop ranges very high in aggressiveness, people orientation, innovation and risk taking, and attention to detail. GameStop ranges high in these dimensions because these things are part of company’s top priorities, and key values which allows the company to have a great organizational culture. GameStop could not be a better example of a company with relatively high organizational