Essay One 5 Way Strengthen And Change Culture

Question 1

Name for ways to strengthen and change culture

Answer 1

Actions of founders and leaders
Align artefacts with desired culture
Intro culturally consistent reward and recognition
Support workforce & stability communication
Use attraction, selection, socialisation for culture fit

Question 2

What is involved in actions of founders and leaders

Answer 2

Founder normally forms culture
Founders personality, value and habits play role in establishing core values
Founder of inspiring visionary
Current leaders need to actively guide and reinforce
Research shows leaders conflict style influences

Question 3

Align artefacts with desire culture involves….

Answer 3

Artefacts are the mechanisms that keep culture in place or support the shift to new culture

Systems and structure that are considered artefacts: layout, reporting structure, rituals, language used

Question 4

What is meant by rituals

Answer 4

Events that’s show culture such as how a product is launched,

Question 5

Introduce culturally consistent reward/ recognition

Answer 5

Reward-system and recognition type of artefacts
Have substantial capacity to strengthen or reshape culture
Ie Home Depot meetings to create a centralised performance orientated culture

Question 6

Support workforce stability and communication

Answer 6

Strong culture needs strong workforce
Strong culture needs stability because organisational takes time to enact it
Needs regular communication.
Ongoing comma allow for storied to be shared, rituals to be shared and developed

Question 7

Use attraction, selection, socialisation for cultural fit

Answer 7

Recruit and select applicants whose values are compatible
Employee ‘fit’ important to employees also (60%)
Process of recutting, selecting, and attaining employees based on their value congruence with the commonly is explained by attraction-selection-attrition theory

Question 8

ASA theory stands for

Answer 8

Attraction- Selection- attrition theory

Question 9

ASA theory

Answer 9

States the organisations have a natural tendency to attract, select and retain propel with values and persons laity characteristics that are consistent with the organisations character resulting in a homogenous and the organisation have a stronger culture