Managing organizational Culture

The slide describes abt the old and new trend in the culture of the organization.

1. MANAGING
ORGANIZATION
CULTURE

2. Flow of Presentation
•Definition
•Elements of Organizational Culture
•Organizational Cultures
•Culture & Organizational Effectiveness
•Creating, Transmitting Culture
•Mergers & Acquisitions
•Key Debate – Are Cultures Manageable.

3. Definition
•The basic pattern of shared assumptions,
values, and beliefs considered to be the correct
way of thinking about and acting on problems
and opportunities facing the organization.
•The Philosophy that guides an Organizations
policy towards employees & customers.
•Organizational culture  System of Shared
Meaning

4. Elements of Org. Culture
•Individual Initiative
•Risk Tolerance
•Direction
•Integration
•Management Support
•Control
•Identity
•Reward System
•Conflict Tolerance
•Communication Patterns

5. Organization Cultures
•Dominant Culture
Core Values Shared By majority of
Organizations Members.

•Subcultures
Developed to Reflect Common
problems, Situations that members
face.

6. Culture & Org. Effectiveness
•Strong Cultures
Organization's Core Values Intensely held,
Clearly Ordered, Widely Shared.
•Weak Cultures
Organization which are young or have
Constant Turnover.

7. Creating, Sustaining, &
Transmitting Culture
•How a culture begins
--Founders
•Keeping culture alive
--Selection practices, Top management,
Socialization
•How employees learn culture
--Stories, Rituals, Language
Material Symbols

8. Mergers & Acquisitions
 “Culture Clash”
• Factors Leading to Success of Mergers &
Acquisitions:-
 Strength of the organization’s culture
 Degree of differences between cultural
Characteristics.

9. The Key Debate are Cultures
Manageable
•Factors that support changes in cultures:-
Times & conditions
 foreign competition
 changes in govt. regulations
 rapid economic shifts
 new technologies
• Changes in these factors help in changing
culture
 Stories , rituals , material symbols,
language.

10. Contd………
Factors that are against changes in culture:-
•Cultures are entrenched & resistant to change
efforts.
• Employees become committed to them.
• Written statements about mission & philosophy
• Design of physical spaces & buildings
• Dominant leadership pattern
• Past selection practices
• Organizations formal structure
• Popular stories about key people & events

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