Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Organizational Culture, Edgar Schein, Organizational Learning

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Nancy Annett

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Understands the importance of changing the org"s overall culture to align with organizational goals. Mayer (company"s ceo) - changed the culture to one that acts more quickly by being willing to work harder, and planned that everyone would be around more (buying them an iphone, free food at the cafeteria) Acquisition of tumblr will affect yahoo"s culture and the other way around. 15. 1) what is organizational culture, and what are its components. There are various definitions of organizational culture from different people based on the way they study it, such as sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, etc. Organizational culture is the shared social knowledge within an organization regarding the rules, norms, and values the shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees. This definition highlight three numbers of facets of organizational culture: Culture is social knowledge among members of the organization. Employees learn about most important aspects of culture through other employees.