Exercise about observations of company cultures.

1. Exercise about
observations of
company cultures

2. Example of a company
with a healthy culture
Your observations of how people,
who work that company, do things

3. Example of a company
with an unhealthy culture
Your observations of how people,
who work that company, do things

4. People work fixed hours in fixed places.
People have 1 specialized job.
Work is driven by efficiency and discipline.
Or
People work anytime and anywhere.
People do different things / have more jobs.
Work is driven by purpose, autonomy and creativity.
Example 1. How work is done

5. Large size. Centralization.
Standardization. Rules.
Or
Small size. Decentralization. Individualization.
Flexibility. Agility. Adaptive capability.
Example 2
How companies are structured and organized

6. Supply focused, curriculum driven education.
Classes. Lectures. Fixed times. Fixed place.
Exams / control at the end.
Or
Personalized, demand driven education.
Each student decides, for example, what he/she
wants to get better at and which media to use.
Self driven learners. Learning happens anytime and
anywhere. Continuous feedback is given by many
different people – including work colleagues.
Example 3. How education is done

7. 1-way communication.
Supply driven communication.
Or
2-way communication.
Demand driven communication.
Example 4. How marketing is done

8. Managers talk / command / tell people what to do.
Managers control.
Or
Managers listen, learn, help people.
Managers encourage and empower.
Managers praise people.
Managers involve / include people.
Example 5. How management is done