3.4.2 - corporate culture

corportate culture

• the copmpany culture is the nroms and values of a business

featurws of a strong culture

• good communication with emploees

• focus on core values

• based around history , tradition and founder of the business

feautres of a weak culture

• often leads to business failure

• employers often demotivated

• morale will be damaged

• lack flexibility to respind to dynamic markets

handys company culture

• power culture

• role culture

• person culture

• task culture

power culture - authoritarian

• symbolising a strong owner or manager in the centre

• the person at the centre is the main decision maker

• may be problems if the central person cannot delegate accordingly fi the business grows

role culture

• represented by the drawing of a bank or a temple

• symbolism of bureaucracy ( heirarchial system )

• has clear rules and proceudres

• individuals are aware of their roles

problems may occur when the business grows as depatments may fail to share information with eachother

task culture

• represented by a matrix ( where employees reportt to multiplmanagersrs and a project or product manager )

• The focus is on the project to be completed

• involved teamwork on a project a team of experts working together

person culture

• indivuduals have considerable freedom to act independantly

• such as laissez fair ( to leave it be )

• in a person culture there are grouping of simillar skuileld people to share expertse

• all work on a clint to client basis

eg laywers , enginers , doctors , accountants

how is corporate culture formed

• the role of the founders

• the nature or what they sell

• working hour

• attidues to customer servic