ORGB 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Organizational Culture, Economic System, Northern Canada

• School: McGill University
• Department: Organizational Behaviour
• Course: ORGB 380
• Professor: Professor J

Document Summary

Class overview: what is culture, how can we explore culture, what is the role of culture, convergence or divergence of cultures, national cultural and organizational culture. What is culture: the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another, the software of the mind (hofstede, 1997, think of how we educated our children about manners, rules, etc. Culture is systematic and organized: organized system of values, attitudes, beliefs and behavioral meanings related to each other, the physical environment and other cultural groups. Levels of culture: artifacts, observable behavior, food, dress, architecture and customs (time, do your bring a gift, etc. , espoused values, standards (tools the society has given itself to promote values), rules, education, management approaches, etc. When we see a hierarchy, we think that"s wrong: values take 2 or 3 generations to change. Is shared by the majority of a social group. How do they celebrate: political system, history.