tailieunhanh - Lecture Principles of management: Chapter 10 - Charles W.L. Hill, Steven McShane

When you finish this chapter, you should: Describe the elements of organizational culture, discuss the importance of organizational subcultures, list four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is deciphered, discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance, identify four strategies to change and strengthen an organizations culture, compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures. | chapter 10 Organizational Culture McGraw-Hill/Irwin Principles of Management © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Learning Objectives Describe the elements of organizational culture. Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is deciphered. Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. Identify four strategies to change and strengthen an organizations culture. Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures. See Text Page: 230 What is Organizational Culture? Organizational Culture: The values and assumptions shared within an organization. The concept of organizational culture has been around for decades and started to gain popularity beyond academic circles in the 1980’s. Organizational culture directs everyone in the organization toward the “right way” of doing things. It frames and shapes the decisions that managers and | chapter 10 Organizational Culture McGraw-Hill/Irwin Principles of Management © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Learning Objectives Describe the elements of organizational culture. Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is deciphered. Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. Identify four strategies to change and strengthen an organizations culture. Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures. See Text Page: 230 What is Organizational Culture? Organizational Culture: The values and assumptions shared within an organization. The concept of organizational culture has been around for decades and started to gain popularity beyond academic circles in the 1980’s. Organizational culture directs everyone in the organization toward the “right way” of doing things. It frames and shapes the decisions that managers and other employees should make and the actions they should take. Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of organizational culture. See Text Page: 232 Google Culture Even with rapid growth and expansion, Google continues to maintain a small company feel Everyone wears multiple hats with emphasis on innovation and commitment to cost containment Hiring policy favors ability over experience Google headquarters – Googleplex – comprises of recreation facility (workout, massage rooms, video and other games), snack rooms Most Googlers have high-powered Linux OS workstations on their desk and three or four staffers share office space with couches and dogs. Source: Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of organizational culture. Google Culture This slide presents the Culture at Google. Ask the students before showing this slide – What have they heard about Google and how would it be like working at Google? It is clear the emphasis at Google is on cost containment, .