MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Student Council, Organizational Culture, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

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Structural body that operates under a certain set of rules. Using different languages to communicate in various contexts (friends, vs. employers) . Our speech changes to adapt to various people. Madd (mothers against drunk driving)- purpose is to provide awareness and bring forward attitudes that driving and drinking under the influence is harmful and bad. An organizations motivation is to try to change certain behaviour. Organization: a system (network) or ordered relationships and coordinated activities directed toward specific goals. Structure=form: underlying framework of an organization, hierarchy relationship of those roles, specialization: division of organization into units, formalization: formal standards, not all organizations have a hierarchy, they don"t all have some form of specialization. Process=behaviour , how things are influenced to be done. A church is a community that has services, institutions that attract other people. For utsc, there are certain ethics that students should abide by.

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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.

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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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Discussion

In this Unit, you will evaluate and address culture anddiversity in the workplace. Before continuing on to answer thequestions, review the following PREZIâ¢ presentation: âUnderstandingthe Cultural Dimensions of an Organization.â

Read the article âGetting a Read on Corporate Cultureâ

Read the information on IFRS.

Additionally, your internship/externship employer should haveprovided you with an employee manual that outlines theorganizational policies and procedures. An important part of anyemployee manual is the organizationâs policy statement on cultureand diversity. If your internship/externship employer does not havea policy statement with regard to culture and diversity, you willneed to analyze the organization's position on culture anddiversity based on your experiences and observations.

Answer the following questions about your experiences andobservations at your internship/externship organization with regardto cultural literacy in personal and professional environments:

What are some basic dimensions that describe the culturalorientation of your externship employer organization?

What are some of the major characteristics of diversity in yourexternship employer organization?

What privacy issues impact stakeholders in your externshipemployer organization?

Based on your observations, are there motivational differencesbetween employees across cultures in your externship employerorganization?

Be sure to discuss the following topics within your answerpost:

Apply cultural literacy in personal and professionalenvironments.

Respect for other cultures

Communicate and adopt across cultures

Impact of actions on you and others

Aware of the value of and limitations

Sources:

The Society for Experiential Learning and Development (2012).Understanding the cultural dimensions of an organization [PreziPresentation]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.seld.us/understanding-the-cultural-dimensions-of-an-organization/

Career Arc Group (2012). Getting a read on corporate culture.Retrieved fromhttp://www.internships.com/student/resources/workplace/the-first-few-days/getting-a-read-on-corporate-culture

MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Student Council, Organizational Culture, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

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