Hi All
Can any one explain me what is Organisation Culture ?
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Vinay
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From India, Hyderabad
24Can any one explain me what is Organisation Culture ?
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Vinay
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/grou...ResourceOnLine
From India, Hyderabad
Hello Vinay, there is a wealth of research and info available on this. Just do a search in Google or Yahoo. In short, organizational culture consists of three aspects:
-values and beliefs of people in the organization
-how people behave in the organization
-outward symbols and artifacts
Some people succinctly describe org culture as:
“The way we do things around here”, and as
“The white space between the boxes on the organization chart”.
Organizational culture has received increasing attention over the last few years as it is recognized as an important driver for organizational success.
Vicki Heath
Director
Business Performance Pty Ltd
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
-values and beliefs of people in the organization
-how people behave in the organization
-outward symbols and artifacts
Some people succinctly describe org culture as:
“The way we do things around here”, and as
“The white space between the boxes on the organization chart”.
Organizational culture has received increasing attention over the last few years as it is recognized as an important driver for organizational success.
Vicki Heath
Director
Business Performance Pty Ltd
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
Hi!
I agree with what Vicki has said.
Vinay, what context are you seeking this information in..is it for an academic paper, organisational restructuring or just plain curiosity. I've a bit of handy material, which I'm happy to share.
Another good one about Org Culture is-its only visible when you start making changes to it.
Regards,
Anubhuti
From India, New Delhi
I agree with what Vicki has said.
Vinay, what context are you seeking this information in..is it for an academic paper, organisational restructuring or just plain curiosity. I've a bit of handy material, which I'm happy to share.
Another good one about Org Culture is-its only visible when you start making changes to it.
Regards,
Anubhuti
From India, New Delhi
Hi
I was asking in general context ?
How can i found how good or bad is my company's organisation culture ?
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VInay
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/grou...ResourceOnLine
From India, Hyderabad
I was asking in general context ?
How can i found how good or bad is my company's organisation culture ?
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VInay
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/grou...ResourceOnLine
From India, Hyderabad
Run an organizational culture survey or an organizational climate survey. There are a number of reputable companies that will do this for you. With some of them, employees can complete the survey online and the surveying company will then produce a report for you. One such company is iedex.
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
Hi All,
Apart from agreeing with Vicki, the culture of the organization also can be felt by the philosophy of the organization. It's vision, mission and values and how it is progressing in all areas to reach its goals and most importantly, being a HR professional, we got to know how the culture is by analysing the chemistry between the employees, peers and what they are thinking about the organization. In turn, how the organization feels about its employees, what is its attitude towards the employees. All this helps a lot in arriving at a decision on how the culture in an organization is without going in for a survey sort of thing to which some of the organizations may not accept. Isn't it? If I am wrong, please correct me.
Regards,
PRADEEP
From India, Hyderabad
Apart from agreeing with Vicki, the culture of the organization also can be felt by the philosophy of the organization. It's vision, mission and values and how it is progressing in all areas to reach its goals and most importantly, being a HR professional, we got to know how the culture is by analysing the chemistry between the employees, peers and what they are thinking about the organization. In turn, how the organization feels about its employees, what is its attitude towards the employees. All this helps a lot in arriving at a decision on how the culture in an organization is without going in for a survey sort of thing to which some of the organizations may not accept. Isn't it? If I am wrong, please correct me.
Regards,
PRADEEP
From India, Hyderabad
Yes, Pradeep, you can do a personal analysis. Whether you conduct a survey or not will depend on a number of factors. Running a survey will be more costly in resources and time. The advantages to consider, though, are:
-it can provide quantitative measures that can serve as a baseline for future culture change projects
-if conducted by an independent organization, can be seen as more credible
-can provide a more objective view of the organization than a single person’s perspective
-can show to employees that the organization cares about the work environment
-can identify the drivers for improved culture through regression analysis
It all depends on what you want to do and how much budget you have. If you just want to get a feel of the culture, sure, subjective impressions will do. If you want to systematically identify drivers for culture change and implement a culture change program, running a survey with later focus group interviews may be the way to go.
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
-it can provide quantitative measures that can serve as a baseline for future culture change projects
-if conducted by an independent organization, can be seen as more credible
-can provide a more objective view of the organization than a single person’s perspective
-can show to employees that the organization cares about the work environment
-can identify the drivers for improved culture through regression analysis
It all depends on what you want to do and how much budget you have. If you just want to get a feel of the culture, sure, subjective impressions will do. If you want to systematically identify drivers for culture change and implement a culture change program, running a survey with later focus group interviews may be the way to go.
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
Hi Vinay,
I hope by "good or bad" you mean to relate it whether the org culture is allowing all the "organisational members" to perform to the best of their abilties and also allow them to develop their potential to the maximum
And, as Vicki suggested a cultural climate survey is a good place to start. Another quick tool is using the cultural web
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We have done this survey for a client last year and the first survey is generally used set benchmarks and the subsequent one's for gauging change..
A few caveats:
1. there is a school of thought that supports the view that one cannot change the org culture, merely influence it (Complexity Theory)
2. There are several distinct cultures prevalent in any organisation. One team may have a diff culture than another. This allows for the formal vs. informal (organisational vs. corporate) culture debate to emerge
I have done some research work on Diversity Management and thats where my perspective is generally rooted.
Feel free to ask for more details. I would sincerely be interested in knowing more about the issues that you are concerned about within your organisation. You may write to me directly at:
Regards,
Anubhuti
From India, New Delhi
I hope by "good or bad" you mean to relate it whether the org culture is allowing all the "organisational members" to perform to the best of their abilties and also allow them to develop their potential to the maximum
And, as Vicki suggested a cultural climate survey is a good place to start. Another quick tool is using the cultural web
<link outdated-removed>
We have done this survey for a client last year and the first survey is generally used set benchmarks and the subsequent one's for gauging change..
A few caveats:
1. there is a school of thought that supports the view that one cannot change the org culture, merely influence it (Complexity Theory)
2. There are several distinct cultures prevalent in any organisation. One team may have a diff culture than another. This allows for the formal vs. informal (organisational vs. corporate) culture debate to emerge
I have done some research work on Diversity Management and thats where my perspective is generally rooted.
Feel free to ask for more details. I would sincerely be interested in knowing more about the issues that you are concerned about within your organisation. You may write to me directly at:
Regards,
Anubhuti
From India, New Delhi
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