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Black And La Venture: Textual Analysis

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Out of all the definitions that were given the one I resonate with is found in our text book, Black and La Venture (2015) offered a description by Forehand and Gilmer (1964) that states organizational climate is a set of characteristics that describe an organization and that (a) distinguish the organization from other organizations (b) are relatively enduring over time and (c) influence the behavior of people. (p. 21) I picked this definition because it talks about the company as a whole and the influence and effects it has on the employees as well as the customers and the business itself.
When comparing and contrasting on culture and climate in our text book, Black and La Venture (2015) we see the factors that go into organizational climate which include 1.flexibility, 2. responsibility, 3. Standards, 4. Rewards, 5.clarity, and 6.Commitment. I can see how people will sometimes confuse the two because they seem so similar. Some others examples are organizational climate likes flexibility where employees can be innovated. While organizational culture likes shared values that employees find meaningful. Another …show more content…

After reading this article it reminded me about a different class and we were talking about in and out groups. That if you were in an in group you got more projects and were in the loop of what was going on. The out groups were the opposite they didn’t get the extra projects and were out of the loop. This also remained me of cliques in high school for example a sports teams the all have the same goal/ vision. Which is to win and go to state but it is a vision they all share which include training and preparation, dedication, responsibility, trust, have fun, and work as a

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