Organizational culture is a very important part of any company. Organizational culture is how an organization is viewed externally by the public and internally by the leaders and employees. Organizational culture is defined as a system of shared norms, beliefs, values and assumptions which binds people together. (book, page 300) Physical as well as social aspects in an organization determine how well the company operates on a day to day basis. A strong well founded organizational culture can be a great way to establish the direction of a company that they want to pursue. The old adage “culture eats strategy for breakfast” applies to every organization today. Business and Human Resource executives must understand that highly engaged companies
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A company needs to know how it wants to do business and in what direction it wants to go. A vision statement or a mission statement should incorporate they main philosophy that will be instilled in the company and employees. Values are a set of guidelines and behaviors that are acceptable. Respect for others and self, dress codes, and professionalism will clarify the way employees and management will treat each other and shareholders. Reinforcing is an ongoing job and monitoring it to see if all are on board and stay on board is important …show more content…
If the main offices are real nice and at the top of a high building most employees will feel a top down management structure is in place. If the building is one story and all the offices are the same they will feel a lot more equal. If the business is in the south a more personal level of cohesiveness will be possible. If in a large city in New York or north east a more professional with less friendly culture will be the norm. Organizational culture will need to evolve as the company grows and evolves. Values and norms change over time as new employees come in and old ones go out the dynamics of a company can change. New technology changes the way people communicate and do business. The internet has made doing business world wide a possibility for most business and requires new kinds skills and
A company needs to know how it wants to do business and in what direction it wants to go. A vision statement or a mission statement should incorporate they main philosophy that will be instilled in the company and employees. Values are a set of guidelines and behaviors that are acceptable. Respect for others and self, dress codes, and professionalism will clarify the way employees and management will treat each other and shareholders. Reinforcing is an ongoing job and monitoring it to see if all are on board and stay on board is important …show more content…
If the main offices are real nice and at the top of a high building most employees will feel a top down management structure is in place. If the building is one story and all the offices are the same they will feel a lot more equal. If the business is in the south a more personal level of cohesiveness will be possible. If in a large city in New York or north east a more professional with less friendly culture will be the norm. Organizational culture will need to evolve as the company grows and evolves. Values and norms change over time as new employees come in and old ones go out the dynamics of a company can change. New technology changes the way people communicate and do business. The internet has made doing business world wide a possibility for most business and requires new kinds skills and