2.5 Organizational (corporate) culture

Introduction

  • Organizational (corporate) culture: shared values, attitudes and beliefs of the people working in an organization that control the way they interact with each other and with external stakeholder groups.

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Elements of organizational culture

  • Mission and vision statements
  • Record of senior staff
  • Organization's culture
  • Strategies on social and environmental issues
  • Example set by senior managers

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Types of organizational culture

  • Power culture: concentrating power among a few people.

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  • Role culture: each member of a staff has a clearly defined job title and role.

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  • Task culture: based on cooperation and teamwork.

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  • Person culture: when individuals are given the freedom to express themselves and make decisions.

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  • Entrepreneurial culture encourages management and workers to take risks, to come up with new ideas and test out new business ventures.

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