Chapter 4

Social Systems
and Organizational
Culture

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Internal Environment: Organizational Culture

Organizational culture should match the needs of the

external environment
The importance of organizational culture has been
growing
Culture is a pattern of shared values
how things are done

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What is Organizational Culture?

Organizational culture reflects the beliefs and values of
the companys founder as well as those of the employees
that shape the company.

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Organizational Culture
Culture becomes the
covenant that is
established between top
management and
employees. Its the shared
values, ideals, goals,
respect for each person,
and the process of
working together.
It becomes a brand!
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Organizational Culture

Symbols
Stories
Heroes
Slogans
Ceremonies

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Organizational Culture
Slogan - Policies

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Organizational Culture
Slogan - Policies

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Organizational Culture
Slogan - Policies

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Slogan - Policies

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Organizational Culture
Slogan - Policies
What ties us
together?
Shared values
and purpose
are the DNA
that unifies,
directs, and
governs all
Lasallian
schools.

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What is Organizational Culture?

It is the employees who makes the culture thrive more than
the company does. And by thriving, employees strengthen
the company.

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What is Organizational Culture?

It will be difficult for employees if they do not fit in the
culture. However, people can overcome their differences
overtime. Thats what makes diversity.

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SOCIAL CULTURE

Cultural Diversity
Equal Employment Opportunity Laws

Equal employment opportunity (EEO)

Affirmative action (acceptance)
Discrimination
Prejudice (Bias)
Valuing diversity

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Four Types of Corporate Culture

Adaptability
Culture

Characterized by values that

support the companys ability to
interprets and translate signals
from the environment into new
behavior response

A result oriented culture that

values competitiveness, personal
initiatives, and achievement of its
personnel

Involvement
Culture

Consistency Culture

A culture that places high value

on meeting the needs of
employees and values
cooperation and equality

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Achievement
Culture

A culture that values and rewards

a methodical, rational, orderly
way of doing things

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What is Organizational Social System?

Social systems can be said to be the patterns of behavior
of a group of people possessing similar characteristics due
to their existence in same society.
Social systems becomes the organizational culture and
have a profound effect on the ways employees work
together.

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What is Organizational Social System?

Complex set of interacting human relationships
Includes all the people in an organization and their
relationships to one another and to the outside world.
All parts are mutually interdependent
The behavior of any one member can have an impact, directly
or indirectly, on the behavior of any other. A change in one part
of a system affects all other parts
Engages in exchanges with its environment (open system)
Receiving input from it, and providing output to it. It is an open
system that interact with their surroundings.

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Psychological and Economic Contracts

When
employees
join the
organization
they make an
unconscious
unwritten or
psychological
contracts
with it.
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Job security, fair

treatment, rewarding
relationship w/ coworkers, organizational
support in fulfilling
career development

Loyalty, creativity,
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Social Culture Values

The commonly held standards of what is acceptable or
unacceptable, important or unimportant, right or wrong,
workable or unworkable, etc., in a community or society.
The Work Ethic
Socially Responsible Organization

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Social Systems and Organizational Culture

Functional effects
When differences are
favorable to the system
Dysfunctional effects
When difference is
unfavorable to the
system
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Communicating and Changing Culture

This is only possible if management are able to consciously
create and manage their organizational culture
Organizational socialization- continuous process of
transmitting key elements of an organizations culture to its
employees (VMOs, trainings, modeling, mentoring, etc.)
Storytelling managers tell stories how past problems were
solved, effective way of sharing lessons and wisdoms
Individualization employees either accepts or rejects norms
and values formed within the organization and create degrees
of influence (rebellion or total conformity)
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FUN WORKPLACES
A fun work environment is a unique and increasingly
popular organizational culture in which supervisors
encourage, initiate, and support a variety of playful and
humorous activities while performing work.
Ex. Google, Pixar Animation Studios, Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9No-FiEInLA

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GROUP FORMATION FOR

HUMAN BEHAVIOR

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Questions
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