Organisational Culture Flashcards
REF and DEF: culture (2)
‘Culture describes the way that a human collectivity does things’ (Blackmon, 2021)
‘Corporate cultures are integrated patterns of human behaviour within an organisation that stems from thought, action, speech, and artefacts’ (Deal and Kennedy, 1982)
REF and EXPLAIN: Why is corporate culture relevant?
A source of competitive value and advantage.
Barney said ^^ if: 1) valuable 2) rare 3) inimitable 4) non-substitution
Deal and Kennedy (1982) model
4 quad graph (feedback speed on y; risk on x) Q1 Tough-guy, macho Q2 work hard, play hard Q3 process Q4 bet your company
Schein (1982) model
Concentric circles going outward:
assumptions, values, artefacts
Johnson (1922) view
Cultural webs (paradigms)
QUOTE and REF: constructed realities
‘Cultures are socially constructed realities and, as such, the definition of what culture is and how they change depends on how one perceives and enacts culture’
Meyerson and Martin (1987)
REF: language and meaning
Kamoche (1995) - Language acting as a medium of exchange for ‘creating and sharing intersubjective meanings’
REF and EXPLAIN: myth
Kaye (1995)
myth = narratives or stories
- building worldview
- evolution of organisational conscience
REF and EXPLAIN: rhetoric
Parkin (1975)
strategic use of symbols to influence
on a spectrum from plain speaking to pure rhetoric
- [internal vs] external: consistency between internal meaning and external interactions
EXPLAIN: ceremony
- activities to reaffirm spirit
- fit roles to members
- reinforcement of culture → identity convergence
REF and EXPLAIN: cultures and identity
Alvesson (2007)
- underlying corporate culture is identity
- disharmony/harmony between individual and collective identities
Alvesson (2007) view of HR
Human Resource management departments are basically ‘identity aligning projects’
