The focus of this presentation is upon managing organizational culture and change. The main objective is to describe how organizational culture helps management achieve its objectives and understand how cultural symbols, rites, ceremonies, heroes, and stories are used to sustain an organization’s culture. There are various shills which help in...
Organizational culture refers to the shared pattern of beliefs, assumptions, and expectations held by organizational members and their characteristic way of perceiving the organization’s artifacts and environment. It affects virtually all aspects of organizational life from the ways in which people interact with each other, perform their work, and dress,...
From the executive summary: ‘Today's organizational leaders must think systemically and create mentoring cultures rather than opting for the more expedient route of running a program. A resilient mentoring program requires cultural scaffolding to support its implementation, fully embed it in the organization, and secure organizational investment in the enterprise....
The article confers on how to assess one’s own culture so that appropriate HR strategies can be developed and implemented effectively. Assessing the organizational culture is the first and most important step in developing sound HR strategies that supports business objectives and goals. Alignment of business plans and organizational culture...
The article explains leadership quality and the new culture for leadership. A familiar parable is that of putting new wine in old wineskins. In biblical times, new wine was stored in strong, new leather bottles. As the new wine fermented, the new leather was capable of expanding and remaining intact....
This paper explores the hypothesis that individuals particularly organizational leaders attempt to change the culture of their organizations to fit their own personality preferences. Contemporary definitions of culture are presented, and five of the better known mechanisms for categorizing individual personality types are briefly described. This paper provides a framework...
Using data collected from a sample of 226 manufacturing plants, we examine how organizational culture is related to quality practices associated with Six Sigma implementation. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze the relationships between four cultural orientations as defined by the competing values framework and ten quality practices in...
Organizational culture, organizational leadership, and Chief Knowledge Officers CKOs each play important roles in overcoming human barriers associated with knowledge creation, transfer and sharing. This paper examines three key components of organizational culture: cooperative involvement, trust and incentives. In addition, the impact of organizational leadership on knowledge management as well...
This article presents a descriptive model explaining the roles and relationships of organizational culture and organizational structure in guiding employee behavior toward strategic objectives. Using an information-processing view, it proposes that organizational culture and structure direct the behavior of employees through the reduction of uncertainty and equivocality. Furthermore, it propose...
Humans will break the most advanced technological devices and override safety and security systems if they are given the latitude. Within the workplace, the operator may be just one of several factors in causing accidents or making risky decisions. Other variables considered for their involvement in the negative and often...
Between plans and reality lie years of habits, customs, unwritten ground rules, parochialism, and vested interests: the corporate culture. And make no mistake, a corporate culture exists at every business, no matter how small or large it might be. Culture can not only stop a change effort dead in its...
It has been observed that workers may appear willing to accept organizational change, but if there's resistance within the shadow organization—the real internal power structure— don't stand a chance. In today's competitive environment, more and more companies are looking to logistics and the supply chain as the source for changes...
Organizations undergo change to enhance their productivity. Changes can be effected in several areas of the organization including culture, strategy, and organizational structure. Organizational Development OD is a framework that defines the role, responsibilities, and performance of human resources in the organization. The paper examines management of organizational change and...
Effective leadership is a function of both individual competencies and organizational culture. What are some signs that leadership isn't as effective as it could be? There are a number of them. They are indications that something is missing in the leadership equation. When we combine personal competency in all areas...
Organizational design includes the organization structure, planning and control systems, human resource management, culture, and style. Organization structure has elements such as: control systems, co-ordination, motivation, differentiation, integration, and bureaucratic costs. This presentation provides details on each of these elements mainly on differentiation, changing structures, integration, strategic control, organizational culture...
Leadership is the ability to influence a group of individuals towards attainment of certain pre-defined goals. A leader motivates, influences, and directs the group towards achievement of these goals. Different cultures affect leadership style. They include national culture, political culture, and organizational culture. The paper examines leadership and explores the...
This article offers four truths listed in their order of importance. They are: 1) all organizations are, fundamentally, living social organisms; 2) organizational culture is more powerful than anything else; 3) system-focused interventions work; component-centered interventions usually do not; and 4) interventions clearly tied to business strategy work; interventions not...
Organizational theorists have long acknowledged the importance of the formal and informal incentives facing a firm's employees, stressing that the political economy of a firm plays a major role in shaping organizational life and firm behavior. Yet the detailed study of incentive systems has traditionally been left in the hands...
The purpose of the study presented in this paper was to develop and initially validate a survey to assess safety culture within the commercial aviation industry. Based on a previous review of safety culture research, five global components of safety culture were identified including Organizational Commitment, Management Involvement, Employee Empowerment,...
From the executive summary: ‘The paper argues that, ultimately, the most prominent effects of downsizing will be in relation to culture change, not in relation to saved costs or short-term productivity gains. In particular, the author notes three observations in relation to the impact of downsizing on organizational culture. First,...
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