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Organizational Culture. Lecture #4. Sea Voyage Question:. Sea Voyage Question:. Sea Voyage Answers:. US Males: Wife: Child: Mother: Asian Males: Wife: Child: Mother:. Organizational Culture. Pattern of basic assumptions, values, norms, and artifacts shared by organization members.
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Organizational Culture • Lecture #4
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Organizational Culture • Pattern of basic assumptions, values, norms, and artifacts shared by organization members. (-- Cummings & Huse)
Organizational Culture • The way we do things around here.
Why Study Organizational Culture? • Who’s who, and who matters around here? • Who’s us? Who’s them? How do we treat us and them? • How do we do things around here, and why?
Why Study Organizational Culture? • What constitutes a problem, and what do we do when one arises? • What really matters around here? • (-- Cummings & Huse)
Basic Assumptions • Non-debatable assumptions about how to think and feel about things. • IBM example: Customer service is essential to organizational success.
Values • What is important to the organization and what to pay attention to. • IBM example: Pay strong attention to how the customer is treated.
Norms • Unwritten rules of behavior. • IBM example: Actively listen to customers
Artifacts • Visible manifestations of the other levels of organizational culture. • IBM example: 24 hour toll free hot line. • (-- Cummings & Huse)