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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE - Coggle Diagram
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Definition
Organizational Culture
the shared social knowledge within an organization regarding the rules, norms, and values that shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees
2 facets
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the rules, norms, and values
Components
Observable artifacts
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Symbols: Logos, images, uniforms, like Apple's logo evoking creativity.
Physical Structures: Open offices, separate management areas, personalized spaces signal different working styles.
Language: Jargon, slang, slogans like Microsoft's "licking the cookie" for claiming a project.
Stories: Anecdotes and legends passed down to explain values, like Starbucks' milk waste and innovative solution.
Rituals: Daily routines or incentives, like New Belgium Brewery's post-shift beer ritual.
Ceremonies: Formal events that build solidarity and connect employees, like Care.com's annual desk shuffle.
Espoused values
the beliefs, philosophies, and norms that a company explicitly states
company’s vision or mission statement, to verbal statements made to employees by executives and managers
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Types of OC
General
a typology of organizational cultures based on solidarity (shared thinking and acting) and sociability (friendliness):
Fragmented: Low on both dimensions, distant and disconnected employees.
Mercenary: Strong solidarity but low sociability, not friendly.
Communal: Strong sociability and solidarity, friendly and think alike.
Networked: High sociability but low solidarity, diverse and independent.
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Specific
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Customer service culture: Focuses on service quality, leading to improved employee behavior, customer satisfaction, and sales.
Safety culture: Crucial for manufacturing and medical companies, reducing accidents, injuries, and treatment errors.
Diversity culture: Empowers companies like Cisco, attracting top talent and offering a competitive edge.
Sustainability culture: Resonates with modern applicants, exemplified by Patagonia's values and practices.
Creativity culture: Drives innovation, as seen in SAS's unique employee benefits fostering creative thinking
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How do organizations
Maintain
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Socialization
Anticipatory Stage: Before starting work, new employees learn about the company's culture (attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors).
Encounter Stage: First day to when new employees compare expectations with reality. Mismatches ("reality shock") can be minimized by accurate pre-information and onboarding support.
Adjustment Stage: Newcomers fully absorb the culture, accept organizational goals and values, build relationships, and understand their role. Enthusiasm, teamwork, and role competency characterize this stage.
Changing
Changes in leadership
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Leaders sometimes maintain, but often drive change due to environmental shifts.
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers
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Aiming for a "best of both" isn't always achieved, especially in global mergers with clashing cultures.
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Acquisitions
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Acquired company usually adapts, though "infusion" strategies exist.
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Group Behavior Model
External environment
Member resources
knowledge, skill, capacities
Group characteristics
roles, norms, status, size, cohesiveness
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