What is organizational culture?

Organizational culture is manifested in the form of values, common beliefs and the existing norms of behavior that underlie relationships both within the organization and outside it.

known that guidance services have changed several basic elements that characterize the behavior of people and began to use it more as a factor in increasing the competitiveness and efficiency of management and production.Bearers of organizational culture are members of society, ie,people.

There is a concept of corporate culture.To be analyzed and its specificity.Corporate culture - a set of rules that are acceptable to all employees.Note that such a culture, like any other, shaped and changed by human activity.But in those corporations where all systems of building relationships already established, this culture is separated from its carrier and becomes part of an organization that affects employees.Very often, it can cause the failure of the innovations that have been successfully launched in other companies.The presence of corporate culture is fixed in all organizations.And it does not depend on whether someone is engaged in questions of its formation or not.

emergence of the term "organizational culture" refers to the 70-th years of the 20th century, and its conceptual framework was developed in the 1980s in the United States.This process is influenced by the behavior of individual researchers, management and organization theory.

formation of this culture depends on the internal and external factors that influence the development of the organization, which may be spontaneous or directed.Also, its development is influenced by the social and business environment, as well as state, national, and ethnic factors.

Organizational culture is influenced by certain reasons:

Among primary called:

  • interest on the part of management;

  • management response in the event of an emergency;

  • related to the production and style of behavior of the authorities;

  • criteria that conducted the promotion of employees.

Secondary:

  • structure of the organization;

  • data transmission system;

  • room decoration, exterior and interior design of the interior;

  • stories about people that have played a role in the development of the enterprise.

There are some elements of the organizational culture as:

  1. Company philosophy that defines the attitude to employees and customers.

  2. dominant value system.

  3. norms of relations in the organization.

  4. system and rules of behavior in the company.

  5. Socially-psychological conditions of work

  6. rituals, symbols and behavioral ceremony.

Based on the above, we can draw the following conclusions:

  1. Due to the fact that the organization overcomes difficulties with external adaptation and internal integration, it acquires a certain experience, which becomes the foundation of its culture.

  2. organizational culture is formed in a situation jointly overcome the difficulties encountered.

  3. basis of such a culture is formed by the founders of the company in this case, and its core is created on the basis of their experience and outlook.

  4. essence of organizational culture is that it is the usual habitat for those employees that are working on this production.However, the principles influences of this concept becomes noticeable for new employees or outsiders.

  5. principles of this culture can be understood fully only after the study of the history of creation and development of the organization, particularly with respect to the critical moment, it encountered during its development.

If all the characteristics of organizational culture to understand correctly, it will help the leadership to implement its decisions into practice, and to develop workable plans for the future.