ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE

Question 1

organsiational culture

Answer 1

norms and values held by individuals in an organsiation that determine how those individuals behave

Question 2

everytime a group of people come together whats created

Answer 2

a culture

Question 3

w in national cultures there are many

Answer 3

different cultures

Question 4

w in school culture

Answer 4

thers culture within classes

Question 5

what are teh 9 influences on org culture

Answer 5

attitude and behaviour of leaders

organisational structure

policies and procedures in place

age of organisation

size of organisation

geographical location of org

training provided

nature of industry

Question 6

give example of attitude of leader

Answer 6

ikea leader drive in old vovo not fancy sports car reflecting how he wanted ikea to be about simplicity and saving £ so can be passed on to consumer

Question 7

give example of rog structue

Answer 7

is it tall wherre DM are passed down whihc may cause employee yo be accustomed to asking boss everytime they want to carry out project

flat with empowerment whre risk tkaing and entreprenurialsim is encouraged

Question 8

explain policies and procedures in place

Answer 8

do you have to get everything signed off by someone above or are you trusted to do that

e.g in school gotta chck every letter - time consuming for employees + people wont ask casue fear srutiny - means kids kearning is stnted

Question 9

age of organsisation if its early.griwing culture may be

Answer 9

flexible as based on learning experienes it retains practices thta are working well for organisation and ditches unhelpful

those retained are mebedded in culture of org

Question 10

org in the midlife has an established culture why

Answer 10

longer history of org

Question 11

older org going from priv to public could ipmact culture how

Answer 11

founder may move out impacting orf culture

Question 12

how does size of org impact culture

Answer 12

do people get to interact witj leafers on faily basis or do tehy not know em

Question 13

when talking about geographical location we mean

Answer 13

hostede cultures

Question 14

explain how trainig provided can impact a cultre

Answer 14

are they trined to amke desiciosn and take risk or trained to ask managers for permission

Question 15

give me example of how nature of industry can impact a culture

Answer 15

is it fast moving and does it require creativity like software development

Question 16

what is the impmortance of org culture 4

Answer 16

can be a source of differentiation
creates a sense of ID for org
determines attitudes of leaaders and staff
determines behaviours of leeaders adn staff

Question 17

what is a strong culture

Answer 17

employees understand and buy into the culture of an org
revolves around MS e.g

Question 18

what is weak culture

Answer 18

employees dont understand the culture and practice of an org

or practice of an organistion doesnt match its stated vision

Question 19

give example of companies with strong cultutre

Answer 19

virgin media

google

Question 20

give example of company with weak /toxic culture

Answer 20

RBS

Question 21

Why did RBS suffer in finncanial crisis

Answer 21

made acquisitoin of comp that was in debt and seen as hihg risk