describing the culture of an organization

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Organization culture

Abstract

Organizational culture refers to an idea in organizational studies and management field , giving a clear definition of attitudes , values and beliefs , psychology and experiences present in an organization . It can also refer to the norms and collection of values that are specific and commonly shared by workers and groups in the organization which controls the interaction between the workers and with other strategic stakeholders outside the organization (Clement , 1994

The employees should

fulfill the organization values which refer to the goals and ideas that members should pursue and the standard behavior they should uphold in to derive an achievement of these goals From these values an organization can come up with the norms expectations and guideline that act as a prescription for employees appropriate behavior in handling particular situations thus controlling the organizational members ' behavior towards one another (Clement 1994 . The compilation of set of values , assumptions , legends principles , and norms that influences the thinking of the people , their decisions and performance can qualify to be defined as organization culture

Leaders who want to radically change organizations from the norm must learn to change and positively influence the culture so as to successfully attain the change that they desire

Components of an organization

There are four major components in any organization . These are (1 infrastructure which is made up of the processes and systems responsible for management and direction of work (2...