Report on Organization Culture

Organizational Behavior: Assignment 1

H. K. INSTITURE OF MANGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH Authored by: Darshan S. Patil MMS/2011-13/A-37

Report on Organization Culture

Organizational Behavior: Assignment 1 Name of Company Interviewed person Department & Designation Interview Date : : : : Larsen & Toubro Sagar B. Patil Technical Services Group, Sr. Engineer. 2st December 2011

This report is to analyze the culture inside the L&T campus on the basis of certain characteristics. Following are the list of characteristics along with the feedback that received and discussed during the course of this activity.

1. Innovation & risk taking: L&T opens doors for new ideas from employees. Employees are encouraged by rewards through many programs, run by it HR and welfare departments for employees so they come out with new techniques. For example, Cost saving ideas, Safety Ideas, Environment friendly ideas etc. L&T do not stick to the old formats, they changes it whenever necessary through their Research and Development Department. It has waged itself through time not only to survive but also thrive and grow global. Being an old organization, adapting itself to the modern day corporate environment is not easy to imagine considering such a huge structure. L&T has managed that with preservation of its culture too. 2. Attention to detail: "I believe that in a business, where cash inflow is uncertain, a lot of discipline is what helps L&T survive.

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In L&T management pays an extra attention to the employee in terms of the precision of the work, disciplinary measures etc. In this organization employees are expected to exhibit precision, analysis and attention to detail. 3. Outcome Orientation: Because of the professional behavior constructed in the L&T output of the employee expected by management is always up to the mark. If you are bound to your work always take initiative and complete your responsibilities then you will be rewarded but failing to do these may lead to strong actions. 4. Team Orientation: L&T is a team of more than 29000 L&T-ites spread across multiple locations across the globe, having proven track record and professional skills, woven together with a common culture of trust & caring. L&T employees share one common feeling - of being part of one big family and of a winning team. There is a sense of pride in belonging to a fine organization - where professionalism is a way of life, where talent is encouraged and skills honed, where individual and organizational goals blend for mutual success. 5. People Orientation: L&T has a very strong value system, a caring and supportive culture. It has a culture that fosters positive and healthy competition between individuals and provides opportunity to learn and grow with the organization. It was concluded by one of the World's Big Five Consultants in a recent study conducted that L&T's culture was stronger than any of the other companies studied by the consultant, worldwide.

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6. Aggressiveness: "L&T's culture focuses on delivering customer satisfaction through efficiently executed projects that meet the agreed-on criteria. This demands high performance levels throughout and under tremendous time constraints, but at the same time, even under these stressful conditions, there exists a natural camaraderie among team and taskforce members that eases this stress greatly and contributes to a good working environment." 7. Stability: L&T offers employees more than a job - it offers them a lifetime career with challenging opportunities for continuous development and growth in diverse fields of business. Ie. L&T cares for the organizations growth as well as individual employee.

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