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The Three Levels of Culture - Coggle Diagram
The Three Levels of Culture
1.Artifacts
Visable and feelable structures and processes
Easily observed behaviour, difficult to decipher
The 'climate' of the group, the product of some of the underlying assumptions, therefore a manifestation of the culture
The organisation's artistic creations
Its published list of values
Observable rituals and ceremonies
Dangerous to try and infer deeper assumptions from the artifacts alone
2.Espoused Beliefs and Values
Ideals, goals, values, aspirations
Ideologies
Rationalizations, may or may not be congruent with behaviour and other artifacts
Remain conscious and explicitly articulated
They serve the normative or moral function of guiding members of the group as to how to deal with certain key situations as well as in training new members how to behave
To analyse, you must discriminate carefully among those that are congruent with the underlying assumptions that guide performance
3.Basic Underlying Assumptions
Unconscious, taken-for-granted beliefs and values
Determine behaviour, perception, thought and feeling
If a basic assumption comes to be held strongly in a group, members will find behaviour based on any other premise inconceivable
Culture at this level provides its members with a basic sense of identity and defines the values that provide self-esteem