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 align&equals;"justify">Organizational culture is a system of shared value and beliefs held by organizational members that unite the members of an organization and determine how they act&period; Culture indicates a common perception held by the members of an organization and it governs how its members should behave&period; Since the concept of organizational culture is frequently used to describe the internal environment of major corporations therefore it is also known as corporate culture&period; Every organization contains different values&comma; rituals&comma; symbols&comma; myths etc&period; These shared values are very important for the success of an organization because behavior of individual is greatly influenced by these values which ultimately influence the organizational effectiveness&period; Here we should note that culture may have positive or negative impact on the effectiveness of organization depending upon the nature of culture i&period;e&period; whether the culture supports the organizational goals or not&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>What are the important Aspects of Organizational Culture&quest;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">There are three important aspects of organizational culture which help to determine the potential impact of culture on a given organization&period; The explanation of these aspects is given below&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Direction<&sol;strong> <&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p> &&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;<p>Culture can help the organization to achieve it goals&period; The aspect of direction indicates the extent to which a culture supports the organization in reaching its goals&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Pervasiveness<&sol;strong> <&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Pervasiveness shows the degree to which a culture is widespread among the members of an organization&period; If the organization has culture in which the key values are widely shared then it shows that the culture is widespread among the members&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Strength<&sol;strong> <&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;&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;

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