Corporate Culture

Question 1

Corporate Culture

Answer 1

The attitudes, experiences, beliefs, values and norms in an organization

Question 2

2 types of corporate culture

Answer 2

Charles Handy:

Power Culture
Role Culture
Task Culture
Person Culture

Edgar Shen:
Organizational Attributes
Professed Culture
Organizational Assumptions

Question 3

Power Culture + 1 adv + 1 dis

Answer 3

Few individuals have power in the organization. Few rules and regulations since the business is results focused, not process focused.

Decisions can be made swiftly

Employees may feel unheard in decision making

Question 4

Role Culture

Answer 4

A business with clearly defined roles. Usually found in businesses with tall hierarchies. There are many rules and procedures and everything is very clear to ensure everyone follows their roles correctly. Your power in the organization is dictated by how high you are in the hierarchy.

Question 5

Task Culture

Answer 5

This is when a company is project orientated and team-focused. Power is shifted by the priority skill of the project (e.g. someone good in design would be the leader of a design project). Decision making is done democratically.

Question 6

Person Culture

Answer 6

In a business where individuals feel they are more superior to the organization. Difficult to manage sometimes since there are a lot star personalities in the business.

Question 7

Organizational attributes

Answer 7

Physical aspects of the organization and office. (e.g. images on the wall, uniform policies for employees, etc.)

Question 8

Professed Culture

Answer 8

Things in the organization that show the organization’s beliefs and values (e.g. slogans, motivational quote posters, etc.)

Question 9

Organizational Assumption

Answer 9

The reality behind how things occur at a business which are driven by the deeply ingrained beliefs and unconscious ways of thinking.

Question 10

Culture Clash

Answer 10

This is when an individual experiences a different culture to the one they experienced at their old employment or when two organizations with different cultures merge leading to conflict.

Question 11

State at least 3 consequences of culture clash

Answer 11

• Employees have a lack of focus as they are absorbed by the conflict generated by the merge
• Sense of division leading to poor collaboration
• Potentially higher labor turnover
• Potentially lower productivity