COMM 292 Lecture Notes - Ethical Movement
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Organizational culture - the pattern of shared values, beliefs, and assumptions considered to be the appropriate way to think and act within an organization. It strongly influences how people perceive, think, feel and behave within organization. Artifacts - aspects of an organization"s culture that you see, hear, and feel: very visible. Beliefs - the understandings of how objects and ideas relate to each other. Values - the stable, long-lasting beliefs about what is important. Assumptions - the taken-for-granted notions of how something should be. Innovation and risk-taking degree of encouragement to be innovative and take risks. Degree of precision, analysis, and attention to detail. Degree to which focus is on results rather than process. Degree of consideration of effects of outcomes on people. Degree to which activities are in teams or individual-based. Degree of emphasis on maintaining status quo in contrast to growth. Boundary-defining role, distinction between organization and others.