COM 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ingroups And Outgroups, Organizational Culture, Zappos

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Know the zappos story thoroughly investigate the company website. Read up everything that you can about zappos. Socialization has to do with the norms and values of a group. Some of these norms and values are formalized. They are written down and explained (e. g. orientation, manuals, etc. ) Others are informal you learn about them through observation and others. Communication (verbal and nonverbal, including humor) is central to socialization. Assimilation: the ways in which a person joins and becomes integrated into an organization. Individualization: when an employee tries to change some aspect of the organization. Socialization: the ways (formal and informal) an organization tries to influence an employee"s adaptation to the work environment. Adjusting to a new job is usually gradual. Three phases: anticipatory: socialization to an occupation and socialization to an organization, encounter: socialization when an employee begins a new job.

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