What is Organizational Culture?

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> The aspect of strength shows the degree to which members accept the values and other aspects of a culture&period; If the key values are deeply held in an organization then we can say that strength of culture is high&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>How employees learn culture<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">There are different ways through which culture is transmitted to employees&period; Some of significant ways are&colon; stories&comma; rituals&comma; symbols&comma; and language&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Stories<&sol;strong> <&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> A story is a narrative based on true significant events&period; The corporate storytellers such as senior executives tell stories about the company’s past&period; Such stories help to shape the future of company and exemplify what is important for the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"><strong>Material Symbols<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Symbol is a vehicle for conveying meaning and it could be an object&comma; event&comma; act or quality&period; When a person walks into different business he gets a feel for the place&period; For example casual&comma; formal&comma; serious&comma; fun etc&period; such feeling represents the power of material symbols&period; Similarly the dress of employees&comma; size of offices&comma; transportation and resort facilities etc are examples of material symbols&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"><strong>Rituals<&sol;strong> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The repetitive sequence of activities that indicates the values of organization are known as rituals&period; It shows the most important goals as well as most important people in the organization&period; Rituals convey the cultural values to participants and usually an audience by performing different rites and ceremonial activities&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"><strong>Language <&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Many a times&comma; language is used to identify members of a particular culture&period; By learning this language&comma; members of organization develop unique terms to describe different things such as equipment&comma; suppliers&comma; customers&comma; or products that are related to their business&period; For example in Microsoft <em>facemail<&sol;em> refers to actually talking to someone face-to-face&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;