Organizational Culture

Question 1

What is Corporate Culture?

Answer 1

“How we do things around here.”

The collective behavior, vision, goals, shared values, beliefs, habits, and systems of an organization.

Question 2

Elements of Corporate Culture #1

Answer 2

Stated and unstated values

Expectations for member behavior

Customs and rituals

Question 3

Elements of Corporate Culture #2

Answer 3

Stories and myths about the history of the group

Shop talk—typical language used in and about the group

Climate—the feelings evoked by the way members interact with each other, with outsiders, and with their environment, including the physical space they occupy