Four Types of Organizational Culture Organizational culture is a system of shared beliefs and values that develops within an organization and guides its members' behavior. Culture can vary considerably across organizations, with each placing different emphases on risk-taking, treatment of employees, teamwork, rules and regulations, conflict and criticism, and rewards. This activity is important because different types of cultures are better suited to achieving different strategic goals, and managers can use this knowledge to their benefit.
The goal of this activity is to challenge your knowledge of the four types of organizational culture.
Read the description of an organization's culture and write each name to the type of organizational culture it best depicts.
Daveed Miranda Olivia
Caprice Joseph Aaron
Wallace Leslie
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1. Daveed- Works for a real estate company with a culture that values employees'ability to focus on the customer, react quickly, an deliver quality work on time.
2. Miranda- works for a new entrepreneurial company that is characterized as being creative, making innovative products, and being adaptable in the marketplace.
3. Olivia works for an investment firm with a culture that focuses on productivity and profits over employee development and satisfaction.
4. Caprice- works for a regional airline whose corporate culture encourages employees to collaborate and become involved to increase their job satisfaction.
5. Joseph- works for a telecommunications company whose culture devotes considerable resources to hiring and developing employees.
6. Aaron- works for a computer company whose corporate culture is characterized by a formalized, structured work environment aimed at achieving effectiveness.
7. Wallace- works for an advertising agency whose corporate culture encourages employees to take risks and experiment with new ways of getting things done.
8. Leslie- works for a pharmaceutical company with a corporate culture that institutes a variety of control mechanisms to measure efficiency, timeliness, and reliability in the creation and delivery of products.