ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Organizational Culture



Executive Summary

In this study, we try to explore the concept of “Organizational Culture and its Importance on Organization” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Organizational Culture” and its relation with “Effective Leadership in Managing Organizational Culture”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Organizational Culture” and tries to gauge its effect on “Effective Leadership”. Finally, the research describes various factors which are responsible for this and tries to describe the overall effect of “Impact of Organizational Culture” on an organization. One of the many responsibilities confronting leaders is the creation and maintenance of organizational characteristics that reward and encourage collective efforts. The organizational culture stands out as one of the components that are important to sustaining performance, and competitive advantage, and a good reason for becoming a great company. The reason for ethical failure in many organizations is the fact that while leaders concede of culture as a powerful tool that can create and sustain performance, only few leaders give it the attention it deserves.

Organizational Culture

Introduction

Leaders have reasons unique to the third sector to attend to the culture of their organizations through knowledge, assessment, and continuous learning. These reasons are different from those for the for-profit and government sectors and are directly tied to the organization's sustainability. Ethics and the perception of being a reputable organization play a vital role to agencies as as rely largely on donor funding to remain viable and their missions. If an ethical breech occurs in an agency, the funding streams can become very scarce or disappear completely. Thus, as the culture of an organization has an effect on its members' behavior and their behavior constitutes the ethics and ethical image of an organization, an understanding of organizational culture and its role on ethical behavior serve as critical knowledge for the leaders of organizations to possess (Hyland, 2008).

This report seeks to provide readers with an understanding of the concepts of organizational culture and organizational culture. Gaining a true understanding of these notions requires recognition that becoming fluent in the culture of an organization facilitates opportunities for positive change and protects against ethical failures, mission drift, and other unproductive practices. To that end, various conceptualizations of organizational context throughout this paper introduce the reader to the theoretical complexity and rich history behind terms used so often but rarely understood (Chang, 2007).

Overview of Organizational Culture

A multitude of definitions for organizational culture provide different perspectives on an organization's membership and the organization's capacity to change. Some scholars identified culture as a relatively enduring quality of the organizational environment experienced by individuals that influences the behavior of its members. Meanwhile, others indicate that culture can be managed or altered within a relatively short scope of time. Clearly, differences exist within the definitions, but most academics include within their conceptualization an element of perception. For example, culture is the way individuals perceive the personal impact of their work environment or is related to the psychological environment in which the behavior of ...