Culture

Culture is an emergent property of an organization. There is no one specific element that creates culture.

Culture can be measured, seen, experienced from outside the organization and from inside the organization.

People contribute to the culture through their activities and decisions being in line with the organizations vision and values.

From a strategic viewpoint, culture takes on a wider meaning and implication:

• Culture can inhibit or accelerate change.
• Culture can clash across departments or across organizations.
• Culture can reduce or enhance performance.

Questions:

• How is the culture perceived from out side the organization?
• Is the culture supportive and helpful to people working in the organization?
• Do the managers understand the culture that exists?
• How can the culture be changed to fit with the stated vision, mission and values.

• From a Strategic perspective:

• How easily can the culture adapt to changes in the environment?
• How will one culture work with another culture?
• How much resistance will an embedded culture have when change is required?
• What are the most effective strategies for unfreezing current practice?

Some NOTES:

See Cultural Web

Strategy vs culture Blog

See Social System Culture