What Is Organizational Culture

Organizational culture is a set of shared assumptions that guide what happens in organizations by defining appropriate behavior for various situations (Ravasi & Schultz, 2006). Organizational culture affects the way people and groups interact with each other, with clients, and with stakeholders. Also, organizational culture may influence how much employees identify with their organization (Schrodt, 2002).

According to Schein (2004), on the other hand, Organizational culture is the success guidance on the basis of various norms and values which make culture effective in gaining the organization goals. Further, Kotter et al. (1992) refers to organizational culture as the set of behavior, beliefs, values, and norms which contribute to organizational effectiveness.


References

Schrodt, P (2002). “The relationship between organizational identification and organizational culture: Employee perceptions of culture and identification in a retail sales organization”. Communication Studies 53: 189–202.

Ravasi, D., & Schultz, M. (2006). Responding to organizational identity threats: Exploring the role of organizational culture. Academy of Management Journal, 49(3), 433–458. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMJ.2006.21794663

 Schein, Edgar H (2004). Organizational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. Print.

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  1. Simply stated, organisational culture is "the way things are done around here" (Deal & Kennedy, 2000).

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  2. Thanks Lakshani.! This is very correct.

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  3. Thank you sharing this Chandana, The idea of organizational culture typically is taken to refers to the beliefs, values, behavior patterns, and knowledge that are shared by members of an organization and which are distinctive of it. (Stephen Andrew Linstead, 2001)

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  4. Thanks, Chandana, Organizational culture is a bundle of shared assumptions that guide what happens in the company by defining appropriate behavior for various situations. (Ravasi & Schultz, 2006).

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  5. Yes, Culture is the key point for the retention of talented employees. Thanks for the informations.

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  6. Gospel truth Chandana
    It's simply the proper way to behave within an organization. Not only in companies & agencies also that of schools and universities.

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  7. A common platform where individuals work in together to earn profits as well as a livelihood for themselves is called an organization. Every organization has its unique style of working which often contributes to its culture. The beliefs, ideologies, principles and values of an organization form its culture. The culture of the workplace controls the way employees behave amongst themselves as well as with people outside the organization.

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  8. Cultures play a massive role in the organization, however, employees behave in the social atmosphere of the geographic point, employee performance, and so forth. in some cases, culture will have a positive impact on organizational performance. in others, the impact will be negative.

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