ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE

Organisational Culture

Cultural Change

Introduction

The world is moving at a rapid pace. Changes are taking place in every field of life. Whether it is a business of fashion, bank or an educational institute, there are various factors that are changing the ways in which these different natures of businesses operate. It can be said that in today's world, the only thing that is constant is change. In order to meet your steps with the rest of the world, it is imperative to adopt these changes. Adoption of change is not an easy task especially in educational institutes. It becomes difficult in an educational institute to adopt and accept changes because in an educational institute, many different people work together in a setting and, whenever change is introduced they resist these changes. Managers such as principals, administrators and dens adopt variegated forms, techniques and method to implement these changes. Bringing a change in an educational institute affects each and every aspect of the organization. The main objective of this paper is to talk about cultural change in an educational institute. This paper discusses the impact of implementing and managing change on culture, barriers to implementing cultural change and role of leadership in the development of culture in an educational institute.

Definition of Culture

The term culture is derived from the Latin word cultus; this refers to the cultivation of the human spirit and intellectual powers of man. The definition of culture has been changing throughout history from the time of the Enlightenment; culture has been associated with civilization and progress. In a comprehensive way, culture can be defined as the set of all forms, models or patterns, explicit or implicit, through which a society is manifested. It includes language, customs, practices, codes, rules and regulations in the way of being, clothing, religion, rituals, and norms of behavior and belief systems. From another point of view, we can say that culture is all the information and skills that humans possess. The concept of culture is fundamental to the disciplines that are responsible for the study of society, especially for psychology, anthropology and sociology. UNESCO in 1982, said: culture is something that gives man the ability to reflect. It is something which makes us specifically human beings, rational, critical and ethically responsible. Through culture, we discern values and make choices. Through it, man expresses himself, becomes aware of him, and recognizes his incompleteness, questions his own achievements, seeks untiringly for different meanings and creates works that transcend it.

Organizational Culture

Corporate culture can be defined as set of behaviours that are embraced by the organization in adapting to the external environment and internal integration, which showed its effectiveness and shared by the majority members of the organization. There are several definitions of organizational or corporate culture. First and foremost, corporate culture can be defined as learned and applied values and norms by members of the organization that define its behaviour, atmosphere or social climate. Organizational culture in the cases of companies or governments as a corporate culture or just ...