The report is an amalgamation of three patches of which, first, is a journal review of two human resources related articles: “Extending the Scope of Organisational Culture: the External Perception or an Internal Phenomenon” (MacIntosh and Doherty, 2007) and “Organisational Culture: An exploratory study comparing faculties’ perspectives within public and private universities in Malaysia” (Ramachandran, Ching and Ismail, 2010). This journal review is concluded by a reflection wherein the scholar expresses his experiences of the task. Next comes an essay which provides an insight into how an organisation can achieve benefits by implementing various HR practices in successful manner. Here literary work is extensively discussed in chronological …show more content…
The outcome was increase in attrition rate and employee dissatisfaction. To combat these, suitable recommendations are made. Finally the report ends with a brief conclusion about what are the learning’s from these three exercises of different types and how people and organisations can be better managed.
PATCH 1
1.3 PATCH 1: Introduction
In this segment an analysis of the two articles has been presented. The significance and inevitability of organizational culture is made prominent in both of the research study. The investigation of one study revolves around the corporate culture exclusively in the fitness organization in Canada while in the other study corporate culture in the private and public higher education institutions has been highlighted. Both the papers conclude that organizational culture is like corporate norms which impacts customer perception and need to be followed by employees.
1.4 Journal Summary Sheets
To be found in the Appendix
1.5 Research Methodology
The random sampling methodology is being adopted in the first study. Five cubs were selected as sample. Sources of data used to collect information were both primary sources and secondary sources. The participants were expected to fill up the questionnaire on the spot or to mail the survey through post. Participants were asked to rate their responses on a seven point scale
Before this chapter I thought organization’s culture was only internal and outside factors only affect the brand and sales of the company. But I have now learned a lot more about the
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the culture, the internal, and the external factors in an organization. Our job is to examine the entirety of the organization. That would include the structural and environmental elements that effect the operation of the business. We will also take an in depth look at the perspectives of employees, managers, owners, and clientele.
Describing and identifying the importance of abstract terms is a difficult task because their meaning rely more on substance than form. For this and other reasons, individuals as well as organizations tend to overlook or underestimate their importance for a successful career and for the effective functioning of an organization. “Organizational Culture” is one of those terms, we can’t see it, but we can feel and experience it, and it has a profound impact in the way people behave in an organization. It denotes the attitudes, experiences, beliefs, and values of the work group or team within the organization, which to an extent affect the organization as a whole.
Organizational culture could almost be considered the roots of a company. The way a company’s employees think, the way the customers feel, and the company’s decisions are made are all based around the culture that the company has laid for itself. An employee’s values, thoughts, and actions should reflect those stated in the company’s mission. Southwest Airlines and American Airlines, while both attempting to create a culture that is comfortable and pleasing to their
Organizational culture is the “values and beliefs that people have about an organization and provides expectations to people about the appropriate way to behave” (Kinicki, 2013, slide 3). Corporates can change Changing organizational culture can be a process using one or more of the eleven strategies, (1) formal statements, (2) slogans & sayings, (3) stories, legend, & myths, (4) leader reactions crises, (5) role modeling, training, & coaching, (6) physical design, (7) rewards, titles, promotions, & bonuses, (8) organizational goals & performance criteria, (9) measurable & controllable activities, (10) organizational structure, and (11) organizational systems & procedures (Kinicki & Williams, 2013, p. 236-137). Like stated before organizations
The Social Security system, the people’s retirement system, is running out of money and it is time for it to be privatized. Since being created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, people have grown more dependent on Social Security for their retirement and the system can only be sustained for so long. In a 2015 Gallup poll, 46% of those polled said they “personally worry about the Social Security system.” The same Gallup poll also found that 36% of retirees expected Social Security to be a “major source” of their income in retirement. People are worried with good reason. The current system cannot sustain itself.
The single most critical problem that the managers are facing today is managing the people.This is the most challenging issues that every kind of organizations is dealing with now aday. Organizational behaviour is the study of individual, group and organization as a whole that examines the effect of organizational structure and culture on organizational performance. Therefore, it mostly tries to define the performance and efficiency factors of anorganization.Organizational structure and organizational culture are highly correlated performance factors.It basically defines the appropriate structure of an organization in order to get more thanaverage performance. Organizational culture is a primary factor for employee turnover and job satisfaction (Bolden, 2004). If an organization possesses a strong culture of self-respect and employee affiliation, it is no wonder that the employee retention rate would be very high(Tracy, 2013).In this report, the relationship between organizational culture and organizational structure will be pointed out. While doing so we
Lysistrata was definitely and interesting read with unexpecting comedy for the time that it was written. If I were to suggest a new title for the play to reflect its theme, I would go with something like, “Gotta give some, to get some”.
The organizational culture can encourage or discourage effectiveness, depending on the nature of the values, beliefs, and norms” (Ivancevich, Konopaske, & Matteson, 2011). Organizational culture can be very friendly, very task oriented, competitive or driven to be highly productive or it can be disorganized and unproductive. The culture is based on the history of the company and the atmosphere that is created and nurtured over time. This culture guides the language the employees use their loyalty and many more areas. Organizational culture is an important social characteristic that influences organizations, group, and individual behavior with in a company (Hartnell, Ou, & Kinicki, 2011). The Culture of an organization affects the way people behave, how they address customers, the atmosphere, perception, values, and beliefs. Employee’s performance and effectiveness can also be determined by an organization’s culture. Every organization has its own culture based on shared expectations, values and attitudes and its influence on individuals and groups (Ivancevich et al., 2011). People inside of an organization have a big effect on the culture because of their values, beliefs, and ideology. Companies try to hire people who have the same values as the company so that they will fit into the organization. People stay with organizations that have a
Organizational culture, which is defined as the comprised values, beliefs, and customs of an organization (www.wikipedia.org) , consists of those whose mission it is to make 24 Hour Fitness the epitome of physical fitness clubs. The goal of the organization’s staff is to provide each patron with outstanding one-to-one customer service at all times and to make their visit to the club as enjoyable as possible.
Study in organizational culture began in the early 1980s. Organizational culture is “work group culture” and involves organization’s personality. Organizational culture includes shared philosophies, ideologies, beliefs, feelings, assumptions, expectations, attitudes, norms and values (Fred Lunenburg, Allan Ornstein, 2012, p. 55). Most organizational cultures include observed behavioral regularities, norms, dominant values, philosophy, rules, and feelings. Organizational cultures includes certain input such as the energy imported by organizations from the environment in the form of information, people, and materials (Fred Lunenburg, Allan Ornstein, 2012, p. 55). This input energy must guide organizational behavior toward shared goals and process. Organizations produce an output because of the input into the
The organization culture as a leadership concept has been identified as one of the many components that leaders can use to grow a dynamic organization. Leadership in organizations starts the culture formation process by imposing their assumptions and expectations on their followers. Once culture is established and accepted, they become a strong leadership tool to communicate the leader 's beliefs and values to organizational members, and especially new comers. When leaders promote ethical culture, they become successful in maintaining organizational growth, the good services demanded by the society, the ability to address problems before they become disasters and consequently are competitive against rivals. The leader 's success will depend to a large extent, on his knowledge and understanding of the organizational culture. The leader who understands his organizational culture and takes it seriously is capable of predicting the outcome of his decisions in preventing any anticipated consequences. What then is organizational culture? The concept of organizational culture has been defined from many perspectives in the literature. There is no one single definition for organizational culture. The topic of organizational culture has been studied from many perspectives and disciplines, such as anthropology, sociology, organizational behavior, and organizational leadership to name a few. Deal defines organizational culture as values,
This essay discusses the role and function of Human Resource Management (HRM) within an organisation. The Harvard and Michigan models have been explained within the essay as they support the analysis of “soft” and “hard” HR approach that managers adapt when applying the HR policies to achieve different organisational strategies like diversification, acquisition and cost reductions. Subsequent section of the essay will examine the link between HRM and its strategies with examples taken from organisations like Harrods’ and Disney and institutes like NHS on how they use HR policies and strategies to achieve their organisational goals.
Public opinion about marijuana has moved sharply over the past few years; about half now support legalization. Ideologues on both sides are claim to know with certainty what the results of legalization would be; all good in the view of the legalization advocates, all bad in the view of those who support the current laws. The positive effect of marijuana has been known and solicit for thousands of years as evidenced by the charred cannabis seeds found at an ancient burial site in modern day Romania. Positive effect of marijuana is also seen in medical use. Marijuana is legal for some medical treatments. The negative effect of the marijuana is due to its illicit nature. Because marijuana is illegal, not only can people action have brought against
Whether we like it or not we are surround and affected by organizations on a daily basis. The different organizations that we belong to, work for, or socialize with shape the type of people we are and the cultures and beliefs that we accept. When looking at these organizations a lot can be learned about the organization’s culture by analyzing the values, assumptions and artifacts of the organization. This analysis paper will observe the organizational culture of an organization known as the Exploration Summer Program at Yale (Explo), from two different viewpoints. First the analysis will use the Organizational Culture Questionnaire (OCQ) to look at the 7 key dimension of an organization that seem to capture the spirit of an organization’s culture. The second half of the analysis will look at the connection between the organization’s physical culture and its organizational performance. The Exploration Summer Program at Yale (Explo at Yale) is an educational, summer college preparatory program based out of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. The program host two, three week long sessions during the summer for domestic and international high school students, entering 10th to 12th grade and has around 1500 students attend the program per summer. The Explo at Yale program is one of three programs within the organization and while the