Organisational Culture Flashcards
What is organisational culture?
The way people do things and the way they expect things to be done
What does organisational culture have an effect on?
Planning, objective setting and strategy
What is organisational culture created by?
Company rules, managerial attitudes, managerial behaviour and recruitment policies
What else is culture often affected by?
The way in which employees are rewarded
Organisational culture can either be…
Strong, weak
What is strong culture
When employees agree with the corporate values of the company.
Advantages of strong corporate culture?
Employees need less supervision
Staff more loyal = lower staff turnover
Increased employee motivation
What is a weak culture?
Employee’s of a company don’t share company’s values and must be forced to comply
What are the four main types of organisational culture?
Power Culture
Role Culture
Person Culture
Task Culture
Power culture
Centralised
Struggle as biz grows
Employees resistant to change as their opinions not heard
Role culture
Bureaucratic firms Authority defined by job title Employees not involved in decisions Poor communication between depts Slow responding to change
Person Culture
Common in loose orgs of individual workers e.g solicitors
Objectives defined by person ambitions
Jointly made decisions = less resistant to change
Task Culture
Emphasis on getting tasks done
Small teams to work on projects
Conflicts between teams for resources
Staff used to change as often changing teams.
