An organisation's culture is not imposed but develops through social interaction. Critically evaluate this statement in relation to Culture and Mechanistic perspectives.
I would like to argue that organization culture is imposed and also developed through social interaction.
1. What is Culture? Define it
Culture is a set of shared values of an organization which are communicated through symbolic means. It is a pattern of a collective behavior and assumptions that are taught to new organizational members and a way of perceiving, thinking and feeling through social interaction. This enables individuals to make sense of their experience and to share it with others; it infuses their actions with meaning and value; and it supplies them with a sense of belonging (Gabriel, 2000,). Organizational culture is therefore an important activity for managers and leader as it effects strategic development, productivity and learning at all level for the success of the organisation.
2.Why is culture a Social Activity / Interaction?
Culture is a social activity as it involves what people think, do and make. Through this culture is shared, learned and transmitted across generally, symbolic and integrated. It is the degree to which employees fit into both the overall culture and subculture in which they worked. A perceived mismatch of the organization’s culture and what employees felt the culture should be is related to a number of negative consequences including lower job satisfaction, higher job strain, general stress, and turnover intent.
3. What are the 2 key theories that asserts this view? Explain the theory.
The most widely used organizational culture framework is that of Edgar Schein (1988), who adopts the functionalist view and described culture as a pattern of basic assumptions, invented, discovered, or developed by a given group, as it learns to cope with its