Elements of culture

Question 1

What are the elements of culture? (4)

Answer 1

• Vision, Mission, Values
• Practices
• History and “Narrative”
• People

Question 2

What is Vision, Mission and Values?

Answer 2

• the values of the culture
• how they do or don’t do their vision
• things that happen in the culture/company and if it rewards or punishes them

Question 3

What are practices?

Answer 3

traditions and habits (can be written or unwritten) - military caving example

Question 4

What is History and “Narrative”?

Answer 4

• companies and cultures (families too) have it
• the story they tell about themselves (“special america”)

Question 5

What is people?

Answer 5

there are certain kinds of people that the culture wants, companies also looking for these people, certain personality types