MN7181 : People & Organisations : Principles & Practice in global context : Organizational Culture

Organizational Culture 


Organizations are differ one to one though they are in same industry due to specific ways of doing things, management characteristics, work force characteristics, target market & etc. There are already set specialized procedures , methods for all organizations & same are commonly called & identified as organizational culture.


(Source : www.hubgets.com)
Eg : Sampath bank has their own specialized ways of doing banking rather other commercial banks
- Starting the day with Sampath song
- In/out records maintain by security staff not by employees 
- Traditional dress code for ladies
- Greeting with "Aubowan"
- Do banking with highly sophisticated technology 
- More focus on traditional Sri lankan culture

 There are 8 cultural styles such as Caring, Purpose, Learning, Enjoyment, Results, Authority, Safety & Order used by organizations & as identified by scholars such as Edgar Schein, Geert Hofstede there are main 4 attributes of culture as follows,

1.Shared - Culture always remain with groups as a sharing & not exist within an individual

2.Pervasive - Culture prevail all over the organization in broader manner  

3.Enduring - Culture leads thoughts & actions of the organization for a longer period 

4.Implicit - Culture act as a silent language in the organization & create huge bonding among workforce  

Culture & Leadership
Organizational culture is steadily linked with it's leadership & best leaders are fully aware of cultural aspects of the organization in which they are working for. When employers & employees working together under one culture it feels like a family & creates unbreakable bonding between them while it positively affects long term success of the organization as well. 

Culture & performance
Organizational culture & performance is inter connected as always both perform together. Work force striving to achieve targets of the company is working under cultural aspects of the organization & same will induce all employees to work with unity, clear focus in a  methodical way. It reduces unnecessary intervention of supervisors to make corrections & most importantly time can be efficiently materialized as well.

Eg : Google culture is directly affects to the success of the company & known as most successful corporate culture in the world. 

(Source : www.slideserve.com)

Cultural norms decides what to encourage , accept, discourage or reject within the organization. When culture is align with organizational values & needs of employees it generates huge amount of power, energy towards the organization to cope with any sort of challenge they face. 


By Ishan Meegaswatte

References

Fagon, 2012. Slide serve. [Online]
Available at: https://www.slideserve.com/fagan/google-the-worlds-most-successful-corporate-culture
[Accessed 29 12 2018].

Nica, I., 2016. hubgets. [Online]
Available at: https://www.hubgets.com/blog/company-culture-productivity/
[Accessed 29 12 2018].

Comments

  1. Bandara Adhikari30 December 2018 at 09:19

    The way you explained the organizational culture with theories & adaptability of the same in global context with classic example of Google as well as real practical scenario for culture of organization in Sri Lanka (Sampath Bank) is in very professional manner. Worth to read.

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  2. Salitha Bandara6 January 2019 at 02:47

    Well organized! And interesting blog , good work šŸ‘

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  3. Unknown6 January 2019 at 04:27

    Very Colorful. All details are very valuble

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  4. Harshanie Bandara6 January 2019 at 09:03

    Very interesting

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  5. Shanika6 January 2019 at 10:06

    You have explained very well about organizational culture with present practices and effectiveness of the culture when improving organizational value.good job

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  6. Thilinisewvandi7 January 2019 at 23:42

    I really appreciate your work on this article as you have provided examples while giving a valuable brief description. Worth reading this.

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