Culture Flashcards
Organizaitonal culture is often
researched by an inside person
consits of values and assumptions shared withan an organization
organizational culture
observable symbols an dsigns of the organizations culture
Artifacts
values that are put into practice
Enacted values
the beliefs that are unstated and unconscious. it’s often hard for those within the organization to explain them
shared assumptions
what company leaders say represents the company’s values. what’s on the marketing
espoused values
a model focused on internal focus and integration how much a flexible vs control focus
Competing values model of culture
what is one of the most studied models in organizational culture
Competing values model of culture
what is different between companies vs people when adapting to the culture
companies tend to adapt to a new culture based on the environment. People tend to just go somewhere that it’s what they resonate with in terms of culture.
what culture has the strongest relationship with the outcomes of job satisfaction
clan culture
a model with an axis of the speed of feedback vs the axis of high and low risks
Dean and Kennedy model
4 types of culture in the Deal and Kennedy model
tough guy macho, process, bet the company, work hard hard.
most companies have one culture
false. most companies once big enough usually have subcultures
are shared assumptions hard to describe
yes
what are the benefits of cultural strengths dependent on in model of culture
whether culture fits the environment. The culture is adaptive. striking a happy medium between a strong and weak culture.
What are the uses of a strong culture
a shared culture can hold the company together.
what can half of all corporate mergers failures be attributed to
cultures not meshing
how to change the culture
support the workforce, change rewards and recognitions, leaders should role model behavior.
true or false culture is attributed to profits
false
true or false culture is attributed to companies failure or success
true
the process by
which individuals learn the values, and expected
behaviors, and social knowledge necessary to
assume their roles in the organization
organaztional socializaiton
socialization is made up of
Attraction, selection, attrition
what can happen if too many people join a company
the company can fail, especially if the new people don’t have shared culture
how to change the culture
change systems and structures, change rewards, support the workforce
it takes about this amount of time to make money off a college grad that a company just hired
about 2 years
if the values don’t fit
the employees leave
what happens in the screening, selection, and development stages of socialization
test expectations and strengthen work relationships
what happens in the assimilation, and accommodation. or attrition.
higher motivation, higher satisfaction. less stress, lower turnover
what does the Dean and Kennedy model of culture suggest
the basis of culture is determined by the speed of feedback and the degree of risk which governs how a company will operate.
