MAN 3025 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Organizational Culture, Adhocracy, Organizational Structure
9 Mar 2016
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Person-organization fit- reflects the extent to which your personality and values match the climate and culture in an organization: associated with. Lower stress: considered high priority by interviewers. Implementing a strategy: organizational culture (corporate culture)- set of shared, taken for granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives and reacts to its various environments. Social glue that binds members of the org together: organizational structure- formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates members so that they can work towards goals. 4 types of organizational culture: clan- internal focus and values flexibility rather than stability and control, adhocracy- external focus and values flexibility. Attempts to create innovative products by being adaptable and creative: market- strong external focus and values stability and control. Customers, productivity, and profits take precedence over employee satisfaction: hierarchy- internal focus, values stability and control over flexibility. 3 levels of organizational culture: observable artifacts- physical manifestations of culture.
