What is Organisational Culture?

What is Organisational Culture?

None of the post's here initially define what organisational culture is.
To include it: "Communication and behaviour that reflects the virtues, values and beliefs of a group being considered".
Then we must naturally consider the details behind perception, beliefs etc. i.e. the psychology of culture - how & why people think the way they do, which leads to their reactions (behaviours) which forms culture.
Once we can perceive this, we can address 'attitudes' in cultural layers, in relation to how the 'system communicates' to exercise 'control' and how this drives reactions that are in unconscious opposition to 'change'.
We must start to look at 'culture change' from the 'people system' perspective.

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		2 Robert Chenault Student (University), United States
	Organizational Culture as Defined by Schein Schein describes organization culture as "a pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way you perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems. Cultural norms are often referred to as, "the way we do things around here." In terms of changing culture, efforts should be directed at creating norms that allow for individual preference while supporting the desired behavior. One of the biggest challenges in successful cultural change is to identify key behaviors that are critical for organizational success. The cultural change effort should then be directed at making that behavior a norm.

		0 Ronald Liebman CxO / Board, United States
	Mindset versus Culture Trice & Beyer's discussion is excellent, but much of what others pass off as "culture change" these ... Sign up

		0 Kouwenhoven Coach, Netherlands
	ABC: Attitude, Behavior and Culture We define Culture as the collective Attitude and Behavior in an organization. In any organizational... Sign up

		3 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	What is Culture? What is Organizational Culture? Culture is a concept that is briefly explained as "the way we do things around here". However it is ... Sign up

		1 William E. Linzey Business Consultant, United States
	What is Organizational Culture? The way I address this in organizations is by asking one question: "Who would you hire to work here?... Sign up