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Corporate Culture & Change

Corporate Culture & Change. A2 Business Studies. Aims & Objectives. Aim: To understand corporate culture and culture change. Objectives: All Will: Define corporate culture and change. All Will: Describe the reasons and problems of culture changing.

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Corporate Culture & Change

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  1. Corporate Culture & Change A2 Business Studies

  2. Aims & Objectives Aim: • To understand corporate culture and culture change. Objectives: • All Will: Define corporate culture and change. • All Will: Describe the reasons and problems of culture changing. • Most Will: Analyse the benefits and disadvantages of a power and role/task culture. • Some Will: Evaluate the impacts of culture changing.

  3. Starter: • Define Corporate Culture (2 Marks). • Organisational Culture and Change Starter Sheet. • Peer Assessment.

  4. Why might a businesses’ culture change? • Product led businesses needs to respond to changing market conditions by encouraging more staff involvement. Task Culture. • Merger or takeover may result in one of the businesses having to adapt its culture to ensure consistency. • Morrisons Video 1and 2.

  5. Problems of Organisational Culture Change • Brainstorm in groups the problems which a business may face when changing its culture.

  6. 6 Critical Factors for Changing Organisational Culture

  7. Issues In Case Study • Using MorrisonsCase Study&Morrisons Evidence / Application Sheet • Identify which line/section of the case study you may draw evidence from to support the point.orIdentify which line/section of the case study you could apply the analysis point to.

  8. Morrisons: Power Vs Role/Task Culture Debate • Sir Ken Morrison has stepped down after 50 years and for the first time ever there is no member of the Morrison family in an executive or board role. • As it moves from a national to a nationwide organisation, Morrisons is adopting an increasingly professional, process driven, business-like approach • This approach was needed because of the difficulties experienced during the Safeway integration and the need to be responsive to customer trends in a competitive environment • The Results of a culture change or just low Inflation?: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11243127

  9. Debate Points • 1Point = Basic Point • 2 Points = Point + Evidence • 3 Points = Point + Evidence + Explanation • 4 Points = Point + Evidence + Explanation + Evaluation

  10. Exam Question • Assess the possible impacts on Morrisons’ Corporate Culture of Sir Ken Morrison’s decision to step down as Chairman. • 5 mins to plan. • 15 mins to write.

  11. Peer Assessment • Use the mark scheme to examine where marks are awarded. • Mark your colleagues work using the mark scheme. • Give them a mark out of 8, with a few comments to explain why they got that mark.

  12. Plenary • Feedback from peer assessment.

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