Wk11 - Transformational Change Flashcards

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What is organisational culture?

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Shared basic assumptions and beliefs.
Unconscious.
It defines organisation’s view of itself and environment.
Assumptions take for granted because they solve problems repeatedly and reliably.

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What influences the structure of organisational culture?

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homogeneity of membership
stability of membership
length of share experiences
intensity of share experiences

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What are elements of organisational culture?

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  • paradigm
  • routine
  • rituals
  • stories
  • symbols
  • control system
  • power structure
  • organisational structure
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What are the characteristics of cultural change?

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  • external/environmental and internal disruptions
  • systematic and revolutionary change
  • new paradigm
  • driven by management
  • continuous learning and change
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What are eight methods of bring about cultural change?

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  • develop strategic vision
  • senior management commitment
  • symbolic leadership
  • reward effort in the right direction
  • smaller support changes
  • experiment
  • selection and socialisation of new recruits and termination of those with alternative views
  • ethical and legal issues
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When is cultural change necessary?

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  • persistant organisational problems
  • deregulation and fierce competition
  • major technological change
  • major market change
  • acquisition and mergers
  • organisational growth
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What makes cultural change difficult to manage?

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  • exists at all levels
  • culture is pervasive
  • implicitness - culture is unconscious
  • imprinting
  • political issue - threat to existing power structure
  • structure
  • interdependency
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