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Contents
Contents..................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 2
What is Corporate Culture? ........................................................................................3
Why is it Important to Understand the Corporate Culture? ........................................4
How can one identify the Corporate Culture?.............................................................6
Corporate culture and Bangladesh.............................................................................8
Corporate Example: Grameenphone..........................................................................9
Comapy Profile........................................................................................................ 9
Corporate Culture in GP.........................................................................................10
CSR of Grameenphone..........................................................................................12
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 12
Reference.................................................................................................................14
Introduction
As an executive, identifying, understanding, and influencing the
organizational culture can ensure corporate agility and financial
success. As a potential employee, catching a glimpse of the true
culture of an organization will help one decide if the company is a
place where one can contribute and flourish. In both cases,
misunderstanding the culture can lead to disaster. Corporate
cultures have both gross and subtle manifestations that provide
clues to the underlying norms and beliefs. Paying attention to the
work practices, environment, communication paths, and even the
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· Is internally consistent
· Is widely shared, and
· Makes it clear what appropriate behavior is.
Resulting in an organization with a vision that everyone
understands to which everyone is committed. Whenever human
beings gather and particularly when individuals with a common
purpose begin working together, work strategies and thinking
processes will develop and an organizational culture will be
created.
· Finally, how much change does the company culture allow? The
majority of us (about 65%) like sameness with some exception.
We seek major change only once every 5-7 years.
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⊗ Communication Solutions
⊗ Information technology
Corporate Culture in GP
Grameenphone is Bangladesh’s top company in
telecommunication industry. Telenor, originated in Norway; is the
parent company of Grameenphone. Having a strong brand
reputation all over the world Telenor has emphasized
Grameenphone with the same values, norms and principles to run
business in Bangladesh. When it is the matter of practicing the
corporate culture of MNCs, they formulate the culture with the
influence of operating countries culture. Telenor has done the
same in case of Grameenphone. The Corporate culture of
Grameenphone is formulated by the values, norms and respect of
Bangladeshi culture.
CSR of Grameenphone
"Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step..." -
Chinese proverb. This is the principle of Grameenphone’s
corporate social responsibilities (CSR). To contribute in CSR is a
corporate strong culture in Bangladesh. Grameenphone is not
also behind from it. GP’s core strategy in this area is to be
Bangladesh's partner in developing the country, particularly in its
promise, as a United Nations Millennium Declaration signatory, to
meet the eight targets known as the Millennium Development
Goals by 2015. GP have consolidated its social investment
initiatives in four core areas related to the Millennium
Development Goals namely,
• Poverty alleviation,
• Healthcare,
• Empowerment
• Education.
Conclusion
Changing a corporate culture is a complex, long-term, and
expensive undertaking that will either revitalize or kill the
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Reference
http://grameenphone.com/index.php?id=63