ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

PRESENTED BY, ANZALA KAREEM APURVA AGRAWAL ANJALI SHRIVASTAVA ARPIT JOSHUA HERBERT

WHAT IS ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE?

BY, ANZALA KAREEM

DEFINITION OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE:

Organizational Culture can be defined as the philosophies, ideologies, values, assumptions, beliefs, expectations, attitudes and norms that knit an organization together and are shared by its employees.

CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE:

INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY : The degree of responsibility, freedom and opportunities of exercising initiative that individuals have in the organization. STRUCTURE : The degree to which the organization creates clear objectives and performance expectations. PERFORMANCE REWARD SYSTEM : The degree to which reward system in the organization like increase in salary, promotions, etc. is based on employee performance rather than on seniority, favoritism and so on.

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MANAGEMENT SUPPORT : The degree to which managers provide clear communication, assistance; warmth and support to their subordinates. OUTCOME ORIENTATION : The degree to which management focuses on results or outcomes rather than on the techniques and processes used to achieve these outcomes.

CULTURES FUNCTION
BOUNDARY DEFINING ROLE SENSE OF IDENTITY GENERATION OF COMMITMENT SOCIAL SYSTEM STABILITY SENSE MAKING and CONTROL MECHANISM

HOW DO EMPLOYEES LEARN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

BY, APURVA AGRAWAL

HOW EMPLOYEES LEAN CULTURE

The organizations have been using several ways to make the employees learn Organizational Culture They are 1) stories 2) rituals 3) material symbols 4) language

STORIES
This is one of the way how an organization transmit the organizational culture to their employees. Generally the organizations develop stories about its founder, basic rules, its success and its past mistakes and experiences as well as the motto of the organization. This gives the employees a complete gist about the organization.

RITUALS
Severalcompaniesperform functions, ceremonies etc. annually as rituals to create a bond among employees. These are the repetitive activities which emphasize on key values of the organization. The rituals expresses what goals are important and how are they can be achieved. Ultimately it motivates the employees.

MATERIAL SYMBOLS
In organizational culture, material symbols matters a lot as it convey symbols of equality and openness. It imparts that within an organization all are equal and each ones participation is acknowledged. The organization provides creative structures and cabins, they have vibrant colors, this keeps the employees work for a long duration without getting bored. And they come up with creative ideas.

LANGUAGE
Languages are used within an organization to identify members of a culture or subculture. Although sometimes its becomes conflicting when a person of one unit of an organization communicates with another person of another unit of the same organization. Organizations develop unique terms to describe various person or offices of the organization which can be understood by the members of the organization only, these unique terms are known as Jargon. Ex- MOC Campus and VKC Campus of Amity University.

ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS

Companies

BY, ANJALI SHRIVASTAVA

DESCRIPTION
Organizational Ethics refers to the ethics of an organization, and it is how an organization ethically responds to an internal or external stimulus. It express the values of an organization to its employees and/or other entities irrespective of governmental and/or regulatory laws.

If the culture is strong and supports high ethical standards, it should have a very powerful and positive influence on employees behavior.

Thus, it entirely focuses on employees growth and satisfaction.

Worlds Most Ethical Companies : NIKE Dell (USA) Apparel (USA) Computer Hardware Electronics &

BMW- (Germany) Automotive Intel- (USA) semiconductors

ACCENTURE- (Bermuda) Business Services ACCENTURE is highly ethical and that the companys commitment to integrity has been communicated to the whole company.

GUIDELINES
Be a visible role model Providing ethical training Visibly reward ethical acts and punish unethical ones Communicate ethical expectations

CREATING A POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

BY, ARPIT JOSHUA HERBERT

DEFINED AS :
A culture that emphasizes building on employee strengths, rewards more than punishes, and emphasizes individual vitality and growth.

Ways to create positive culture

BUILDING ON EMPLOYEE STRENGTH :- Using of innovative ways to know and build up employees strength. REWARDING MORE THAN PUNNISHING:- There is, of course, a time and place for punishment, but there is also a time and place for rewards like pay and promotions, praise etc.

Ways to create positive culture

EMPHASIZING VITALITY AND GROWTH: A positive organizational culture emphasizes not only organizational effectiveness, but individuals growth as well.