...extraordinary workplace is "organizational culture." We define organizational culture as the set of shared beliefs, truths, assumptions, and values that operate in organizations. Organizational culture has been described as "How people behave when no one is looking." We spend more than 8 hours at work each day. Most of us spend more time at work than we do with families. Everyone needs an enjoyable, meaningful and engaging work environment. A strong organizational culture will attract many talented people. Organizational culture is the first thing that prospective employees consider when assessing an organization. The talent market is tighter and those looking for a new organization are more selective than ever. Talented people not only needs good salary and benefit, but also a good environment that they can enjoy and succeed in. What’ more, a strong organizational culture will help you to solve a tough problem when facing a crisis. For example, Toyota found some potential safety hazard of their cars, but they didn’t recall these cars because of enormous repair costs. Unfortunately, many people died in an accident due to this potential safety hazard. If Toyota has a strong organizational culture, they will recall these defective cars as soon as possible without regard to the repair costs. And what would they got is “public praise”—the most important thing for a company. There is no doubt that organizational culture is very important. The organizational culture will urge you to think...
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...Examining the effect of leadership behavior and organizational culture on knowledge management Introduction: From 1993 knowledge was an important economic resources and to gain the competitive advantage organization should have emphasis on knowledge. Now a day its knowledge based economy in which knowledge based organizations have focus on the process of knowledge management which is knowledge creation, knowledge acquiring/learning, knowledge sharing and knowledge transferring. Organizational knowledge has two types tacit and explicit knowledge. Tacit knowledge basically subjective and experiential based which cannot be express in words while explicit knowledge based on objective and rational knowledge which can be express in words. According to Maggie Haines, NHS Acting Director of KM “Knowledge management is a process that emphasizes generating, capturing and sharing information know how and integrating these into business practices and decision making for greater organizational benefit.” Leaders play important and significant role in developing and maintenance the culture in an organization. An effective leader should be have understanding of organizational culture so that they can implement knowledge management effectively (S.K. Sharma & A. Sharma, 2010). Organizational culture means believe and value structure in an organization. We have taken two approaches of leadership; transformational and transactional leadership behavior. Problem statement: In developing...
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...A influência da Cultura Organizacional na implementação de Sistemas de Gestão de Qualidade nas Organizações Prior, Ana Renataª ªUniversidade Lusófona do Porto Rua Augusto Rosa, 24, 4000 - Porto ana.prior@gmail.com Teixeira, Magalieª ªUniversidade Lusófona do Porto Rua Augusto Rosa, 24, 4000 - Porto mt_magalie@portugalmail.pt RESUMO O fenómeno da globalização acarretou consigo tremendas exigências que se impuseram, aos poucos, às organizações, exigências essas que obrigaram a que as mesmas dessem largas ao seu espirito criativo e empreendedor, levando-as a criar e a adotar mecanismos que lhes permitissem tanto destacar, como ser mais eficientes e produtivas, os seus objetivos deixaram de ser apenas a obtenção de lucro para passarem a ser os meios (processos e intervenientes) utilizados para a obtenção desse lucro, para isso, as organizações viram-se diante de exigências impostas tanto ao nível dos seus procedimentos como das suas políticas e embora a implementação de sistemas de gestão de qualidade (SGQ) não seja uma invenção recente, o fato é que apenas lhe foi atribuída maioritária importância nas últimas décadas, com a crescente exigência dos mercados, tornou-se imprescindível ser mais e melhor, apostando na inovação e no conhecimento, e como isto só se consegue através da conjugação dos diferentes recursos de uma organização, é nesse sentido que no surge este artigo, consideramos vital falar do papel do seu recurso mais importante, o recurso humano (RH), procurando...
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... Topic: Organizational culture and performance of a firm: knowledge management and environmental uncertainty as factors related to the above two variables. Name: Lee Man Ho Student ID: 13086927D Date of submission: 31 Oct 2014 1. Introduction Organizational culture refers to common practices, values and beliefs that an organization follows (Chen & Huang, 2007). It is a source of sustained competitive advantage (Barney, 1991) since it is an explanatory variable that differentiates one company from others (Sathe, 1985). As employees have their own values and beliefs, it may be difficult for leaders to manage them well as a whole if the company does not have methods to direct them into the same path. Therefore, the existence of organizational culture could be one of the outcomes resulted from this. Among different types of culture and performance, I particularly have interest in the relationship between adhocracy organizational culture and financial performance of a company since there is only little research discussing their relationship and it is essential to an organization. In this essay, I will examine how financial performance of a firm is affected by knowledge management under adhocracy organizational culture and how will environmental uncertainty affect the operation of the culture and financial success of the company. First, I will briefly illustrate the meaning of Adhocracy culture and propose the method I...
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...decades, management practitioners and theorists are increasing interest in organizational culture as a category, which determines the effectiveness of the organization. This sort of "molecular level" of the latter, on the one hand, gives it a unique, on the other - allowing it to adapt to the environment, and employees - to the existence within it, but at the same time inspiring them to solve common problems. It is this circumstance had in mind a Swedish scientist Iesper Kunde, who in his book "Corporate Religion" suggests that all the famous brands owe their success above all a clear and strong integration of ideology and values in the consciousness of its employees. The concept of organizational culture as a form of process management emerged in the late 70's and 80's of the XX century in the period of institutionalization of the organization, when from a producer of goods and services it has become a social unit. Until that time, the functions of management were reduced to coordinating and controlling the activities of groups, ensuring the interaction of units to achieve the goals, etc. However, the concept of organizational culture was not something totally new. This phenomenon is considered in M. Weber, K. Levin, T. Parsons, F. Selonika. A C. Bernard and G. Simon introduced the concept of "organizational morale", in essence similar to the definition of organizational culture. Many Western researchers have linked the fact of handling the organizational culture as well as...
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...Impact of Organizational Culture on Employee Performance ALHARBI MOHAMMAD AWADH University Technology Malaysia International Business School, Malaysia E-mail: alharbimohamd@gmail.com ALYAHYA, MOHAMMED SAAD University Utara Malaysia College of Business Malaysia. Email: msy330@hotmail.com Abstract Aim of the study: The relationship between organizational culture and performance has been study and a clear link between them has been identified by certain researcher’s research. The main aim of research article is to identify and measure strong relationship between performance and organizational culture. Methodology: Literature review is adopted as methodology to assess the culture of an organization impacts upon process, employees and systems. Findings: Certain dimensions of culture have been identified so far and research shows that value and norms of an organization were based upon employee relationship. The goal of an organization is to increase level of performance by designing strategies. The performance management system has been measured by balance scorecard and by understanding nature and ability of system culture of an organization have been identified. Recommendation: The strong culture of an organization based upon managers and leaders help in improving level of performance. Managers relate organization performance and culture to each other as they help in providing competitive advantage to firms. Keywords0:0Impact, Organization0Culture, organizational goals. Organization0Performance...
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...Management is the only way to control human beings The management is not only the only contributor in managing people, it means that they are liable for the work and performance of others, the success of management very much dependable on the performance of the team or performance of an employee. It is the responsibility of the managers to closely observe and monitor the behavior of an employee and evaluate the people on the basis of their performance, capabilities and attitude towards the work. I am Controlling the employees through Management control can be defined as a regular effort to evaluate performance to prearranged principles i.e. SOP is defined in each and every organization and the management is controlling their staff through the predetermined polices which are written in the SOP .The role of the management is to compare the employee performance with the rules, regulation and polices defined in the SOP. Other than SOP, my Management can adopt different strategies to control the employees i.e. giving high rewards to increase the performance of the employees, recognize them publicly to give motivation, confront the employee in a professional manner. Providing employees the deadlines to change their behavior towards the job and follow the employee and giving them caution such as demotion, termination and suspension. I as employee is paid to get my job in a good manner, offering the incentive will bring a change in the employee behavior, which Is a positive...
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...Organizational culture is a system of shared beliefs & attitudes that develop within an organization & guides the behavior of its members. It is also known as "corporate culture", & has a major impact on the performance of organization & especially on the quality of work life experienced by the employees. Organizational culture "consists of the norms, values & rules of conduct of an organization as well as management styles, priorities, beliefs & inter-personal behaviors. Together they create a climate that influences how well people communicate, plan & make decisions". CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: - Culture consists of beliefs & behavior. It is cultivated behavior in the sense that it is learnt from the other members of the society. Organizational culture is the totality of beliefs, customs, traditions & values shared by the members of the organization. Organizational culture stress on sharing of norms & values that guide the organizational members' behavior. These norms & values are clear guidelines as to how employees are to behave within the organization& their expected code of conduct outside the organization. NATURE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE:- The main features of organizational culture are as follows:- 1. Like an individual, every organization has its own personality. 2. The personality of the organization defines the internal environment of an organization. 3. It differentiates an organization from the others. 4. It is relatively enduring or...
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...SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CORPORATE EFFECTIVENES Tran Thi Thu Huong Columbia Southern University SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CORPORATE EFFECTIVENES Thesis: Four critical questions to ask in any boardroom of both large and small companies around the world in the 21st century are how to attract and keep talented people, how to increase profits and shareholder value, how to increase creativity and productivity, and how to ensure ethics permeate the corporate culture. These four points involve to organization management, particularly to manage organizational culture. After researching 207 companies within 22 industries between 1977 and 1988, John Kotter & James Heskett discovered that corporate culture affects economic performance (as cited in Journal of Management by Allen, 1992). I. Definition of organizational culture Organizational culture is the set of shared values and norms that control organizational members' interactions with each other and with people outside the organization. This element is the first element creating the competitive advantages for a firm (Jones, 2010). A. Define and differentiate between value and norm. B. What organizational values and how they affect behaviors 1. Terminal values Terminal value is a desired end state or outcome that people seek to achieve 2. Instrument values Instrumental value is a desired mode of behavior ...
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...287 Received 15 March 2002 Revised 15 September 2002 Accepted 9 December 2002 Ellen Ernst Kossek Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA Keywords Human resource development, Employment, Human resource management, Culture Abstract Past research suggests that most culture change efforts proceed with limited attention to the pluralistic nature of contemporary organizations. We argue that the relationship between organization subcultures and the implementation of new HR strategies into HR practice has not been adequately explored because of the lack of a comprehensive framework for de®ning and integrating culture change and the strategic HR literature. We review the organization culture and strategic HR literature and present a heuristic that serves as a step toward exemplifying the role of changing employment modes and organizational subcultures in enabling or constraining the implementation of HR strategy. Adjusting to changing environmental demands has been an ongoing pursuit of organizations for centuries, but the task has become even more perplexing over the last decade. In response to the accelerated pace of change worldwide, organizations are becoming ¯atter and more agile, and are manifesting more diverse forms of organizational cultures. Recent trends in the changing nature of the employment relationship (Tsui et al., 1997), and the growing use of ªperipheralº or temporary employees, highlight the need to focus on the impact that...
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...Types of the Organizational Culture There are the four types of organizational culture. Most companies will fall into one of the following categories. Understanding these organizational types will help in analyzing each company and the organizational culture appropriate for each one. One type of organizational culture is the "tough-guy culture" or "macho culture." One of the most common aspects of the tough-guy or macho culture is the quick feedback and high rewards. The pace can be break neck at times, but the obvious reward of the action is seen very quickly. From a corporate stand point, this type of organizational culture will be most often associated with really fast financial activities, such as currency trading, and brokerage. This can also apply to organizations such as a police force, or an individual athlete on a sports team. If a receiver catches a touchdown pass, you see the impact right away. This tends to be a stressful type of organizational culture that requires a certain mentality to thrive and succeed (Management Heaven, 2007). Another type of organizational culture is the "work hard/play hard" organizational culture. This type of an organizational culture that doesn't take a lot of risks, but it does take a few, and all receive fast feedback. This is something most likely to be seen in a very large company which is dependent on strong customer service. This type of organizational culture is often characterized by multiple team meetings (Management Heaven, 2007)...
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...Management And Leadership: Hewlett Packard Management and Leadership: Hewlett Packard Management and Leadership: Hewlett Packard Hewlett Packard (HP) is a technology organization that has been around since 1939. They have one hundred and seventy organizations that operate all over the world (Hewlett Packard, 2010). Hewlett Packard explores how technology and the technology’s services can help organizations and people with their problems and challenges. They offer a wide range of the best technology in the world today. This includes desktops, laptops, hand-held’s, and even more. The company believes in having strong ethics and responsibilities (Hewlett Packard, 2010). They take pride in everything they do and only plan on giving their customers the best technology available. Hewlett Packard’s corporate headquarters is located in Palo Alto, California. Hewlett Packard has to have a strong management and leadership team to better serve the company’s customers with the latest technology (Hewlett Packard, 2010). This analysis will explore the difference in management and leadership, how the roles and responsibilities of the organizational leaders and managers play in creating and maintaining a healthy organizational culture, examine the affect of globalization and management across borders, and two strategies that leaders and management can use to create and maintain a healthy organizational culture. Management and Leadership Most people today believe that management and leadership...
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...Table of Contents 1. Understand the relationship between organizational structure and culture: 2 1.1 Compare and contrast different organizational structure and cultures: 2 1.2 Explain how the relationship between an organization’s structure and culture can impact on the performance of the business: 4 1.3 Discuss the factors which influence individual behavior at work: 4 2. Understand different approaches to management and leadership: 5 2.1 Compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles in different organizations: 5 2.2 Explain how organizational theory underpins the practice of management: 5 2.3 Evaluate the different approaches to management used by different organizations: 6 3. Understand ways of using motivational theories in organizations 7 3.1 Discuss the impact that different leadership styles may have on motivation in organizations in period of change: 7 3.2 Compare the application of different motivational theories within the workplace: 8 3.3 Evaluate the usefulness of a motivation theory for managers: 9 4. Understand mechanism for developing effective teamwork in organizations 10 4.1 Explain the nature of groups and group behavior within organizations: 10 4.2 Discuss factors that may promote or inhibit the development of effective teamwork in organizations: 10 4.3 evaluate the impact of technology on team functioning within a given organization: 11 References: 12 Introduction: Organization is the combination of people for...
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...Problem Solution Best Snacks, Inc is a 150 year old company that has been held publicly for more than 100 years. Although the company has enjoyed many years of success, it has recently failed sustain its success due to the lack of innovation and creativity over the last 5 years. In today’s business environment innovation is necessary to sustain success and is an integral part of the business model. The ability to learn faster, better, and more cheaply than the competitor can mean the difference between maintaining market leadership and barely surviving (Davila, Epstein& Shelton, 2006). To regain its long held standing as a leader in the snack industry Best Snack, Inc must implement a plan that focuses on creating a culture that cultivates innovation, developing management systems that are aligned with the new strategy, and creating a new product line that will bring the company back to the forefront in the snack industry. Describe the Situation Issue and Opportunity Identification Best Snacks, Inc has been a leader in the snack industry for many years. As the snack industry began to change to meet the demands of a consumer market that is more health conscious, Best Snacks has failed to meet the challenge. Best Snacks has been slow to adapt to change and stray away from its tried-and-true research, development, and marketing activities (University of Phoenix, 2006). The complacency of Best Snacks, Inc has caused it to have falling sales and stock prices. Successful organizations...
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...Management and Leadership: Hewlett Packard Management and Leadership: Hewlett Packard Hewlett Packard (HP) is a technology organization that has been around since 1939. They have one hundred and seventy organizations that operate all over the world (Hewlett Packard, 2010). Hewlett Packard explores how technology and the technology’s services can help organizations and people with their problems and challenges. They offer a wide range of the best technology in the world today. This includes desktops, laptops, hand-held’s, and even more. The company believes in having strong ethics and responsibilities (Hewlett Packard, 2010). They take pride in everything they do and only plan on giving their customers the best technology available. Hewlett Packard’s corporate headquarters is located in Palo Alto, California. Hewlett Packard has to have a strong management and leadership team to better serve the company’s customers with the latest technology (Hewlett Packard, 2010). This analysis will explore the difference in management and leadership, how the roles and responsibilities of the organizational leaders and managers play in creating and maintaining a healthy organizational culture, examine the affect of globalization and management across borders, and two strategies that leaders and management can use to create and maintain a healthy organizational culture. Management and Leadership Most people today believe that management and leadership mean the same thing. There...
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