TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES

Question 1

Organizational Culture

Answer 1

The term organizational culture refers to the attitudes, expirinces, beliefs and values of an organization.

The ways that individuals dress or treat eachother reflect the culture of the organization.

Managers try to influence the culture of an organozation by setting the values.

Question 2

Charles Handy - Power Culture

Answer 2

• A few individuals retain the essential power. Control comes from these individuals and spreads accrross the organization.
• Ends are more important than means
• No strength without the leaders

Question 3

Charles Handy - Role Culture

Answer 3

• Clearly defined roles
• Highly controlled and precise organizational strcuture
• Tall, hierarchal bureaucracies + Long chains of command
• Power stem’s from a person’s position
• Stable enviorment

Question 4

Charles Handy - Task Culture

Answer 4

• Short - term teams address specific problems
• Power shifts from person to person
• People with different skills can lead the team at different times
• Rapidly changing enviorment
• Strong team spirit

Question 5

Charles Handy - Person Culture

Answer 5

• Indiviudals belive that they are superior to thr organization
• Do their own thing
• See themselves as separate
• Difficult to manage
• Each brings an area of expertise

Question 6

Edgar Schein - Organizational Attributes

Answer 6

What is seen, heard and felt reflects the culture.

Question 7

Edgar Schein - Professed Culture

Answer 7

Organizations ‘profess’ their culture with slogans, statements etc Gives clues on how the organization operates

Question 8

Edgar Schein - Organizational Assumptions

Answer 8

How things really get done in the business. The people that know the assumptions best are people that have workerd for a long time.