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Chapter 18
Culture
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Organizational Culture
A set of values held by individuals in a firm that help
Culture Values
Are often taken for granted (implicit)
May not be made explicit (i.e., not written down)
Are communicated through symbolic means
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Table 18.1
Definition
Source
Collective understandings
W. G. Ouchi, Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge
(Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981), p. 41.
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Anthropology
Anthropology
Sociology
Sociology
Historical
Historical
Foundations
Foundations
Social
Social
Psychology
Psychology
Economics
Economics
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Organization Climate
The current situations in an organization and the
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Table 18.2
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Create Vision
Create a picture of the organization
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employee behaviors
Tell stories that epitomizing cultural values
Conduct ceremonies and rituals that emphasize right
actions by employees
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Approaches to Describing
Organization Culture:
The Ouchi Framework
The
TheOuchi
OuchiFramework
Framework
Typical
Typical
United
UnitedStates
States
firms
firms
Typical
Typical
Japanese
Japanese
firms
firms
Type
TypeZZ
United
UnitedStates
States
firms
firms
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Table 18.4
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Radical
Radical
Innovation
Innovation
Systems
Systems
Innovation
Innovation
Incremental
Incremental
Innovation
Innovation
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good management
Intrapreneurship
Entrepreneurial activity that takes
place within the context of a large
organization
Entrepreneurs profile
Need for achievement
Desire to assume responsibility
Willing to take risks
Focus on concrete results
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Taking
Taking
advantage
advantageof
of
existing
existingculture
culture
Teaching
Teaching
organization
organization
culture
culture
Changing
Changing
organization
organization
culture
culture
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organizations values
Managers can communicate their understanding to
lower-level individuals
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Organizational mechanisms
Are examples of organization culture that employees see in
more experienced employees behaviors
Corporate pamphlets and formal training sessions
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in new organizations?
What are the effects of technology on culture in
organizations?
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