Organizational culture

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Organizational Culture

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Organizational culture refers to the values , beliefs and practices that a particular organization considers important and thus forming the basis of the operations of the organization . This also includes the norms and assumptions held by a particular organization . Every organization has its own culture which is always different from that of other organizations . This discussion focuses on the organization culture of police and some of the ways in which a leader can alter this current

structure within the police organization

According to researchers the organizational culture within the police force is one that is characterized by brutality and harshness (Coady 2000 . This is a view shared by the outside world . However other characteristics that are seen to be dominant and to form part of the police culture include strong bonding among colleagues so that activities are done by use of teamwork as opposed to individual work This culture has also been said to be male dominated where the greatest percentage of police is that of me as compared to women . The society has in many occasion viewed the police as unfriendly perhaps due o their nature of work

However there are various strategies that a leader can undertake to change this organizational culture within the police force . It is important that the culture of brutality is done way with (Coady , 2000 This helps the community to view the police in a friendly manner . A leader therefore can come up...