Chapter 10: Key influences on the change process: Culture Flashcards
What is an organisational culture?
An organisational culture is the unwritten code that affects the attitudes and behaviour of staff, approaches to decision making and the leadership style of management.
Name the different types of cultures
Power culture Role culture Task Culture Person Culture Bureaucratic Culture Entrepreneurial Culture
What is power culture?
This is when a powerful individual or small group determines the dominant culture.
What is a role culture?
A role culture is business culture controlled and run by procedures and role of descriptions. Organisations such as this value predictability and consistency, and may find it hard to adjust.
What is task culture?
A task culture is where an organisations values are related to the projects or job. Usually in small organisations it emphasises on getting results and things done. This means individuals are empowered with independence and control over their work.
What is a person culture?
A person culture occurs in universities and in professions, such as accountancy, where the organisation exists as a vehicle for people to develop their own careers and expertise. The individual is the centre point and the structure exists only to serve the individuals within.
What is a Bureaucratic culture?
A Bureaucratic culture is where organisations with bureactratic cultures tend to have generalised and non-commercial goals.
What is entrepreneurial culture?
An entrepreneurial culture is where an organisation tend to emphasis on results and rewards for individual initiative.
