RSA Conference Exhibitor List 2024 - Exhibitors Data
Organizational Culture ppt
1. Muhammad Rawaha Saleem
MS Fall 2018
Department of Media & Communication Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
International Islamic University Islamabad
2. The pattern of shared values, beliefs and assumptions considered
to be the appropriate way to think and act within an
organization.
Informs us of what to believe, how to act and make decisions.
Guides members in how to perceive the artifacts, environment,
norms, roles, values and physical cues.
The strategy, leadership style and ways of accomplishing tasks
reflect organization culture.
A pattern of basic assumptions that are considered valid and that
are taught to new members as the way to perceive, think and feel
in the organization
3. 1. Artifacts
Symbols of
culture in the physical
and social work environment
2. Values
Espoused: what members of
an organization say they value
Enacted: reflected in the way
individuals actually behave
3. Assumptions
Deeply held
beliefs that guide behavior and tell
members of an organization how
to perceive and think about things
5. Clan oriented cultures are family-like, with a focus on mentoring,
nurturing and “doing thing together”.
Adhocracy oriented cultures are dynamic and entrepreneurial,
with a focus on risk-taking, innovation and “doing things first”.
Market oriented cultures are results oriented, with a focus on
competition, achievement and “getting the job done”.
Hierarchy oriented cultures are structured and controlled, with a
focus on efficiency, stability and “doing things right”.
6.
7. Outcome Oriented
Cultures
•A culture that
emphasizes
achievement,
results, and
action as
important
values
Stable Cultures
•Companies
that are stable,
predictable,
rule-oriented,
and
bureaucratic
People Oriented
Cultures
•These
organizations
value fairness,
supportiveness,
and respecting
individual
rights
9. Culture provides a sense of identity to members and increases
their commitment to the organization.
Culture is a sense-making device for organization’s members.
Facilitates commitment to something larger than one’s individual
self-interest.
Enhances social system stability.
10. An organization’s culture
may be one of its
strongest assets or its
biggest liability
Organizational Culture is
an effective control
mechanism dictating
employee behavior
Culture or shared values
within the organization,
may be related to
increased performance
Organizations which
have a rare and hard to
imitate culture may enjoy
a competitive advantage
11. Strong Culture Perspective: An organizational
culture with a consensus on the values that drive the
company and with an intensity that is recognizable
even to outsiders.
Fit Perspective: A culture is good only if it fits the
industry or the firm’s strategy.
Adaptive Perspective: An organizational culture that
encourages confidence and risk taking among
employees, has leadership that produces change, and
focuses on the changing needs of customers.
12. Attention to detail
Outcome
Orientation
People Orientation
Team orientation
Aggressiveness
Stability
Innovation and risk-taking
Reflects what members agree about
Can create social order
Helps members to construct proper
attitudes
Contributes to socialization of new
members
Enhances member feeling of
13. Organization-A Organization-B
• Managers must fully document
all decisions.
• Creative decisions, change, and
risks are not encouraged.
• Extensive rules and
regulations exist for all
employees.
• Productivity is valued over
employee morale.
• Employees are encouraged to
stay within their own
department.
• Individual effort is encouraged.
• Management encourages and
rewards risk-taking and
change.
• Employees are encouraged to
run with ideas, and failures are
treated as learning experiences.
• Employees have few rules and
regulations to follow.
• Productivity is balanced with
treating its people right.
• Team members are encouraged
to interact with people at all
levels.
• Many rewards are team based.
15. Highly interpretive and subjective
Requires insights into historical and current activities
Cannot rely on what is verbally reported, need to verify
Start with values, the essence of organizational philosophy
Managerial culture is defined by the leadership style
Organizational heroes personify the value system
Rites and rituals are reflected by language and ceremonies
Cultural symbols are the material artifacts
16. Subcultures, multiple cultures exist within organizations
Typically one dominant culture
17. Helps you assess career opportunities and how you might fit into
an organization
Helps you assess how to succeed within an organization or
whether it is possible