'Organisational culture is often deeply embedded in the informal side of the organisation'.



Abstract

The definition of culture is not limited to national culture alone. There exist many different people and cultures in a nation. Culture is different for different people based on their regions and religions. The most important and basic constituent of any culture are the individual people. Due to immigration people coming from diverse backgrounds form an important part of the American economy. Many culturally diverse people have grown and risen to the level of the middle and upper classes. Furthermore, the 43 million citizens who change their residence each year create multiplicity throughout the nation.Communication with in a corporation is one of the many challenges facing the corporate America. Most corporations have now induced effective strategic panning deal better with the new and emerging challenges in accordance with the continually changing corporate environment.

'Organisational culture is often deeply embedded in the informal side of the organisation'

Diversity has always been a central part of the American history. Culturally diverse populations and communities are not just contained in bigger cities but are scattered throughout the country. Since each of the world's 210 nations is represented in the U.S. population, this results in the combination and mixing of different cultures. As a result, the draft U.S. Census for 2000 recognizes 66 different categories of cultural and national integration.

Communications is no doubt the most the effective tool to develop interpersonal and cultural relationships with in an organization. The effective implementation of this tool can create a working environment in the organization that supports and encourages a relaxing and comfortable working atmosphere. Organizational Culture -- organizational culture consists of five components: environment, values, heroes, rites and rituals, and communication Networks.

The workers are inclined to put their best talent to perform in an ideally friendly atmosphere. This is in the best interest of the businesses as it increases productivity and yields higher profits. More and more companies have over the years produced and created specific programs such as interpreter programs, recruitment strategies, and workforce training to develop the capacity of its management and workers to better understand and communicate with different communities. A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way you perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems…(Luthans)

Culture is the 'operating system' of an organization. It is the living, dynamic interplay of all of the shared beliefs, values, norms, and practices that are operating both consciously and unconsciously within an organization. Culture guides what people consider important and how they think, act, feel and work. Culture is one of the most precious things a company has, so you must work harder on it than anything else.

Certain aspects of culture are not directly perceptible, but nonetheless they drive and are reflected in the actions taken by an ...