CHANGE IN CULTURE

Change in Culture

Change in Culture

Introduction

In the phrase, “culture change,” change has its usual meaning; culture, however, used in a sense technical enough to need a bit more discussion here at the outset. Culture, as classically defined by Edward B. Tylor in 1871, refers to “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”. Once we realize that by the word “art” Tylor meant all the artifacts customarily made and used by a society, we see that this is a broad definition indeed: It includes the customary things with which people surround themselves, the customary ways they interact with one another behaviorally, and ideas that are more or less shared among them. (Kotter, 2002)

Being a middle manager of a healthcare organization the duty and responsibility which I assigned is to motivate my employees as they are the ones who are the real asset for the organization. The healthcare organization is right now on the verge of expansion, and for this purpose the company has merged itself with another healthcare organization which heretofore considered as the competitors for the current existing organization. The newly merged organization was previously viewed as the ones who provided low quality healthcare products for customers. The employees of the incumbent company do not consider this organization as the one which can stand up to the expectations because of its poor reputation in the past. (Kleiman, 2009)

As I am the manager and have to lead the organization to attain and achieve the organization goals I personally have to look into all the organizational issues which the company is facing. At the moment, the biggest issue for the organization is to make the employees believe that the organization we have merged is no longer an organization which provides poor quality healthcare products. At the moment, the employees in the organization believe that all the products of the newly merged company are nebulous outdated and low quality. (Kotter, 2002)

Employee motivation

Atmosphere and mood in the team - this is an important factor affecting the productivity and performance. Being a manager I will support the team in the mode of mutual aid and interoperability. MirSovetov not advised to create a brutal competitive environment and develop a spirit of rivalry and that is why. Yes, some people may seem like a competition - one of the most effective ways to improve employee motivation, which allows squeezing the slave out of a maximum of activity, and forced to work overtime, but it is not always the case. Do not forget that the man who is afraid to give his colleagues will share their experiences and knowledge, and in his absence (illness, vacation, business trip, etc.) may slow down work, because nobody else will be able to cope with it responsibilities.

In addition, the relations in the team affect the mood of each employee, from which in turn depends on productivity, quality and speed of its ...