MHR 505 Lecture Notes - Organizational Culture

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27 Feb 2012

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#1: define organizational culture and explain why it is important in today s business environment. Organizational (corporate) culture a pattern of basic assumptions that are considered valid and that are taught to new members as the way to perceive, thing, and feel in the organization. Culture is about: y establishing patterns of belief or shared meaning and about shared understanding. This shared understanding originates from the common learning experiences that members of an organization share as they respond to external challenges. Members of organization engage in problem solving and decision making in response to these challenges. y organizations developing a pattern of basic assumptions as a result of learning what works and what does not. It is about sharing these experiences with organizational members and teaching members how to perceive, feel, and act when faces with similar challenges. Because all organizations have different experiences, organizational culture becomes unique characteristic of any organization.

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QUESTION 5 Gerri was a new teacher and soon became friends with Julia, who had been a teacher at the school for several years. In the course of their conversation, Julia told Gerri about the principal and what she could expect. This is an example of a.

a corporate story.

b. a personal story.

c. a collegial story.

d. an organizational story.

e. a communication network.

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The term used to describe the ways of thinking, acting, and understanding work that are shared by members of an organization and reflect an organization's distinct identity is called

	a.	organizational culture.
	b.	organizational hierarchy.
	c.	organizational rites.
	d.	organizational structure.
	e.	organizational rituals.

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1. Assume you are in charge of socializing the newly hired nurses at a local hospital. What steps would you take to ensure that they understand the hospital's organizational culture? How would you help them understand how to manage stress on a daily basis so as to prevent burnout later in their careers? Explain.

2. Hospital environments are more stressful in nature than the work environments found in many other organizations. What are some of the unique challenges that hospitals face when attempting to create a supportive organizational culture that helps employees reduce and manage their stress levels?

3. Think about your university or an organization for which you have worked. Using the intervention points in Exhibit 2.6 provide exmples of how the university or organization attempted to create a certain type of organizational culture. Was it successful (or unsuccessful) in creating the desired culture? Explain.

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Research three major challenges facing today's health care organizations. Compare the corporate culture of a company like Google or Intel with more traditional corporate cultures. Do you think corporate cultures like Google or Intel could work in the health care field and help resolve some the challenges health care organizations currently face? Why or why not?

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