Culture

What is culture?
Characteristics

Organisational culture
What is an organisational culture
Importance
Functions

Socialisation of organisation culture

Process
 Attitude,traits ,behavioural patterns.
 It means a set of rules ,values and beliefs
which community adopt as it norms
 Inherit from ancestors and helps in
distinguishing from one person to another.
 Culture is learnt:-
It is acquired through experience and
learning.
 Culture is shared:-
In the sense that the members of a
particular group or organisation share a
particular culture.
 Culture is transgenerational:-
passed from one generation to the next,
parent to children,teacher to student, superior to
subordinate etc.
 Culture is adaptive:-
It means it can change from person to person
depending on his nature and capacity.
 Culture has historical dimension:-
A nations culture develops over a period of
time due to history and economic development.
 Organisation culture is the personality of the
organisation.
 It comprises of the assumptions, values,
norms ,feelings and organisational climate.
 It is the sum of values and rituals which serve
as glue to integrate the members of the
organisation.
 It helps in developing a relationship between
managers and employees.
 Organisational
culture

Strong culture Weak culture

 In a strong culture, the organisations core
values are held strongly and shared widely.
When organisational members accept the
shared values,they become committed to
them.
 In this organisational members do not
subscribe to the shared beliefs,values, and
norms
 They find it difficult to identify with the
organisationa’s core value and goal.
 It helps the business and the people to behave in
an accepted way.
 It is necessary to adopt changes arising out of
competition.
 It leads to high morale
 It gives motivation
 Improves productivity
 It provides a healthy work environment
 Improve employee satisfaction
 The cultural values provide guidelines to the
employees for taking decisions.
 Conflict
reduction:-
good relationship btw employer and
employee.
 Coordination and control:-
As organisation culture promotes consistency of
outlook in the organisation,it facilitates the process of
coordination and control.
 Reduction of uncertainity:-
Adopting cultural mind frame reduses
anxiety,makes choices easier and rational actions
becomes feasible.
 Motivation:-
Appropriate culture is an important motivational
factor for employees.
 Competitive Advantage:-
strong culture improves the organisation’s
chances of being successful in the market place.
 Organisational behaviour:-
it determine organisational behaviour, work
methods, how members should interact and
address each other and how to conduct personal
relationships.
 Socialisation is the systematic process by
which an organisation brings new employees
into its culture.it means transmittion of
culture from seniors to new employees,
providing the social knowledge and skills
needed to perform organisational roles
successfully.
 It include organisational
values,rules,procedures,behavioural pattern
etc.
 Efficiency of the staff
 Job satisfaction
 High work motivation
 High performance
1.Pre Appointment
stage

2. Encounter stage

3. Metamorphosis
stage
 At this stage people get general information
about the organisation and its culture
through website, advertisements and word of
mouth.
 In this stage, the new employees see and
observe the culture prevailing in the
organisation.
 He or she starts to understand what the
desirable behaviour is.
 In this stage the new employees adjust to
their work environment, follow the rules and
regulations , observe values and behave in
conformity with the culture of the
organisation.