It's about the organizational climate...
So what is the organizational climate> it;s about the people's perception of how it fels to work in a particular environment: it is the "atmosphere of the workplace" and those aspects that directly impact people's ability to do their jobs well
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1 atmosphere of the workplace
2 complex mixture of people's perceptions
3 snapshot of the "culture" of the organization
4 people's perception of only those aspects of the organization that directly impact one's ability to perform the job well
Organizational Climate:: Six dimensions:
- Flexibility
+ Bureaucracy minimized
+ innovation
- Responsibility
+ Autonomy
+ Risk Taking
- Standards
+ Improvement
+ Excellence
- Rewards
+ Performance
+ Recognition
- Clarity
+ MIssion and direction
+ Organization Expectations
- Team spirit
+ Dedication
+ Pride
+ Cooperation
+ Congeniality
Managing Organizational Context - work cultures
:: it's a set of beliefs shared by the group, expected behaviors, a set of solutions for problems they face in common, and '.. the way things are done around here'
A work cultures formed by the combination of all 'signals' that an organization gives employees as to appropriate ways to think and act
The role of leadership is to align the business strategy and work culture of the organization
Effects of the signals are enhanced to the extent human resource systems are aligned and mutually reinforcing the business strategy
-- What is expected around here, what do we do and why do we do it.
Concept of work culture
.. work culture consists of the values - including shared assumptions, and behavior of the employees in an organization: how they view the organization, its customers, and their fellow employees, and how they actually behave day to day.
Why manage culture?
- Culture management is especially relevant when you consider a company's macro-environment and micro-environment.
-- The macro-environment contains all the external forces (i.e. socio-economic, regulatory, geo-political) that are beyond management's control.
-- The micro-environment includes all the internal variables that are within management's control (i.e. decisions on staffing, resource allocation, or corporate development strategies) Culture falls squarely in the realm of the microenvironment.
