Organisational Culture and Climate - Unit 17

System of shared meaning held by its members, expressed in terms of norms, values, attitudes, and beliefs shared by organisational members.

Functions include providing a sense of identity, facilitating collective commitment, promoting social system stability, and shaping behavior by helping employees understand why things are done in a certain way.

Factors include founders' values, industry demands, national culture, organization size, and organizational leadership.

Steps include conducting a cultural audit, developing a clear vision, socializing employees, and reinforcing the culture through rewards and recognition.

Organisational climate refers to the prevailing atmosphere that is shaped by the organization's values, traditions, customs, and policies, and it influences employees' behavior and attitudes.

Dimensions include autonomy, trust, structure, support, reward system, conflict, and warmth.

Organisational climate consists of a set of characteristics and factors that are perceived by the employees about their organisation.

They describe culture as the complex mixture of assumptions, behaviors, stories, myths, metaphors, and other ideas that fit together to define what it means to be a member of a particular society.

When an organisation takes on a life of its own, apart from any of its members, and acquires immortality, it is said to be institutionalized.

An organisational culture is the customary or traditional ways of thinking and doing things, which are shared to a greater or lesser extent by all members of the organisation, and which new members must learn and at least partially accept in order to be accepted into the service of the firm.

Innovation and Risk Taking, Attention to Detail, and Outcome Orientation are the primary characteristics of an organisation’s culture.

Understanding organisational culture enhances our ability to explain and predict the behavior of people at work.

According to recent understanding, the essential core of organisational culture is a 'system of shared meaning among members.'

Culture person compatibility refers to the fit between an individual and the cultural norms, values, and beliefs of the organization.

The functions of organisational culture include providing a sense of identity, facilitating collective commitment, and enhancing social system stability.

The development of organisational culture involves the formation of shared norms, values, and beliefs, and the learning and acceptance of these by the members of the organization.