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organizational culture
What is OB ?
Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study and application
of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups
act in organizations. It does this by taking a system
approach. That is, it interprets people-organization
relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group,
whole organization, and whole social system.
This area of study examines human behavior in a work
environment and determines its impact on job structure,
performance, communication, motivation, leadership, etc.
Internal and external perspectives are two theories of how
organizational behavior can be viewed by organization
Characteristics of organizational
culture
Organizational culture is composed of seven
characteristics that range in priority from high to low.
1. Innovation (Risk Orientation)
2. Attention to Detail (Precision Orientation)
3. Emphasis on Outcome (Achievement Orientation)
4. Emphasis on People (Fairness Orientation)
5. Teamwork (Collaboration Orientation)
6. Aggressiveness (Competitive orientation)
7. Stability (Rule orientation)
Consistent communication
The cultural principles of the organization must be
communicated consistently by the leadership and
demonstrated every day.
Organization should know that nothing would bring
greater discredit to our culture than leaders who said
they subscribed to the culture but behaved another way.
Internal newsletters, business planning processes and
company awards all needed to be structured around the
principles organization held.
Celebrate success
The key to maintaining cultural momentum has been
providing all employees with a line of sight on every
success the organization achieves.
Success needs to be celebrated throughout the
organization, and the teams primarily responsible
should be lauded across the company.
A leader must have the good sense to make these
successes about his people, not himself.
Celebrating success drives the esprit de corps and a
pride that enhances the quality of the work a company
does.
Be transparent
Organization's need to be transparent in their strategic
planning and how they treat their employees.
The more a organization shares information, the more
employees feel like a team and have a shared
responsibility over the success of the organization.
This transparency should even extend to lessons about
the failures that occur because failure can be our best
teacher, provided people learn from those mistakes.
You should talk about them and not cover them up.