INTRODUCTION
This paper seeks to support the argument of Mats Alvesson that by managing culture, it is possible to facilitate positive outcomes beneficial to stakeholders in an organization. It also suggests that employers and employees can have mutually beneficial relationship and achieve organizational performance. To analyse and evaluate the argument, it is important to define and understand the concept of ’culture’ and ‘control’.
2.0 DEFINITION OF CULTURE
According to Schien (2010), culture is how we are supposed to feel and act in a given society or organization which has been taught by various social experiences as a way to maintain social order.
Schuller et al (2012) also defined culture as the way of behaving and believing that a
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Control is an important function that managers must perform to ensure things are moving in the right direction and to keep errors at the barest minimum. Control ensures effectiveness and efficiency in an organization.
FORMS OF CONTROL
There are various forms of control which include;
Behavioural Control
This is a form of control where managers closely monitor what employees do and have penalties for disobedience. For Example, where employees have to clock in and out in an organisation or have a dress code at work.
Cultural Control
Here, employees have a personal relationship with the organisation and support the organisations goals and objectives. Oftentimes, employees are unaware that management influences the way they behave. For example, spme organisations provide all facilities like the gym, nursery, cafes in one building to always employees at work
Social Control
THEORIES OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
It is indeed possible to achieve organizational outcomes beneficial to employees and shareholders. To determine this, it is pertinent to discuss the forms of employment relations. Firstly;
Unitarist Theory
This theory assumes that the management of an organization has the right and authority to lead and, any form of opposition to this is regarded as irrational and
Culture is a set of ideals and values about life that are widely shared among people and that guide specific behaviors. Differences, as well as similarities, can be seen when comparing world cultures. We communicate with each other, we feed ourselves with food, and when we sleep we often dream. However, we speak different languages, eat different types of foods, and dream different ways. We call these cultural differences. What causes them is not always obvious to the ordinary person (Nancy). I feel culture is what really sets us apart from each other and what makes us unique as individuals and families.
The relationship between employees and companies are becoming more and more complex all over the years. This relationship is extremely important since it directly affects how the employees fells about the organization, what are their attitudes about the company and how they effectively perform in their jobs.
Relational returns (recognition and status, employment security, challenging work, learning opportunities) increase efficiency and engagement of employees.
A culture can be defined as a way of life of a group of people- their behaviors, beliefs, values that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. It also includes the customs, arts, literature, morals/values and traditions of a particular society or group (Virginia Encyclopedia). Culture can also be considered as a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in places or organizations. This topic is of huge importance to our society mainly in the state of
Employees are the most important asset of an organization and organization has the responsibility to keep happy, motivated and satisfied so that their interest does not diminish in work. Moreover, when employees are kept happy and satisfied then their productivity rises as they feel that the company has given them the importance.
As companies continue to try to come up with a plan for remaining profitable, some are overlooking one of their best opportunities due to their short sightedness and obsession for short term gain. It is the very asset which most firms claim is their most important and the one which provides them their competitive advantage. It is also, in some companies, the asset which is most mistreated and neglected as it is the most costly. It is the company’s employees. I don’t know of any company which would not state that employees and their knowledge of the company, its products and services, processes,
Describe how your organisation obtains the co-operation of its employees through the contract of employment and employee involvement techniques.
Culture: Culture refers to values, languages, symbols, norms, beliefs, expectations that members of a group possess and the good things they produce and use in their life. Culture is the thing that all the members of a group or society follow.
Culture is the aquired knowledge that people use to interpret, experience, and generate social behavior.
Culture by definition is the identity or feeling of belonging to a group. It is part of a person's self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any type of social group that has its own distinct culture. To me that definition couldn't be more spot on but let's go more in depth over the past few months in my English class we have been trying to learn what our culture is and what part culture plays in our daily lives so in this essay I will be sharing with you what I think culture is what it means to me and how I think it impacts our way of living and the way we look at each other as human beings and how we treat each other and how all this makes up my culture
Employees require motivation, reward and encouragement for maximum productivity. Punishment to workers not performing is also mandatory to prevent cases of poor performance. Ethical considerations must be looked at and employees must follow rules and company policies for plans made by management to be successful. Workers and management relate like a family and this has enabled the company perform to its expectation. These plans are aimed at ensuring total customer satisfaction and delight.
Is the last process of management operations, which depends on the imposition of control and control of the workflow through control and ensure its implementation.
Culture is a way of life. It can be defined as a group of people linked by geographical location, ethnicity, gender or age. Culture can be reflected through language, clothing, food, behavior, spirituality and traditions. The behavioral patterns developed through culture are difficult to change.
Can managers influence the culture of their organisations? Discuss with reference to at least one example. It is only since the 1970s that the emphasis has shifted from a management-by-numbers to a more people-focused way of managing, in response to various problems that could not be overcome using the prior method (e.g. limitations to the Theory X way of managing, new production methods etc.). Pop-management theorists have since made direct links between an organisation’s culture and its performance, though this is not the entire story. As Kilmann et al (1985) put it: ‘a culture has a positive impact on an organisation when it points behaviour in the right direction... alternatively, a culture has a negative impact when it points
Kroeber and Kluckhohn (1962) identify over 150 scientific definitions of the concept of culture. Indeed, many authors have tried to define culture and this is why there are so many definitions and that a unique one is hard to find. First of all, Kroeber and Kluckholn (1952) assume that culture is a suite of patterns, implicit and explicit, “of and for behaviour acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiments in artefacts” (p.47). Later, Hofstede adds that culture is “the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one category of people from another” (Hofstede, 1991, p.51). This definition is the most widely accepted one amongst practitioners. For Winthrop (1991), culture is the distinctive models of thoughts, actions and values that composed members of a society or a social group. In other words,