ADMS 2320 Lecture 16: ADMS 2320 Tutorial 16 Notes
30 Apr 2018
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ADMS 2320 Tutorial 16 Notes – Culture’s Functions
Introduction
• You may notice, for instance, that employees in two offices have very different dress
policies, or one office displays great works of art while another posts company mottos
on the wall.
• These visile artifats eerge fro the orgaizatio’s ulture.
• Exhibit 10-2 also shows us that beliefs, values, and assumptions, unlike artifacts, are not
always readily observable.
• Instead, we rely on the visible artifacts (material symbols, special language used, rituals
arried out, ad stories told to others) to help us uover the orgaizatio’s eliefs,
values, and assumptions.
• Beliefs are the understandings of how objects and ideas relate to each other.
• Values are the stable, long-lasting beliefs about what is important.
• For instance, Winnipeg-based Palliser Furniture, a manufacturer of leather- and fabric-
upholstered furniture, promotes the following corporate values
• Itegrity, prootig people’s digity ad value, respet for the eviroet,
community support, and striving for excellence.
• Assumptions are the taken-for granted notions of how something should be.
• When basic assumptions are held by the entire group, members will have difficulty
conceiving of another way of doing things.
• For instance, in Canada, some students hold a basic assumption that universities should
not consider costs when setting tuition, and should keep tuition low for greater access
by students.
• Beliefs, values, and assumptions, if we can uncover them, help us understand why
organizations do the things that we observe.
• Culture performs a number of functions within an organization
• It has a boundary-defining role because it creates distinction between one organization
and others.
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