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BUS 603 - Human Resource Management - Assignment

   

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Running head: ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE OF AETNA INCOrganisational Culture of Aetna IncName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note

1ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE OF AETNA INC.Table of ContentsAnswer 1) Levels of Organisational Culture...................................................................................2Answer 2) Values............................................................................................................................2Answer 3) Functions of Organisational Culture..............................................................................2Answer 4) Organisational Performance...........................................................................................3Answer 5) The role of the leader in shaping and reinforcing culture..............................................3Answer 6) Managing Culture..........................................................................................................3References:......................................................................................................................................4

2ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE OF AETNA INC.Answer 1) Levels of Organisational CultureOrganisational Culture refers to an amalgamation of external and internal policy that aretransferred to new members so that they would be able to think and feel in such a manner thatwould lead to the overall growth of the organization. Values and customs that are sharedcomprise the organizational culture. The level of organizational culture that is frequently talkedabout in this assignment involves that of the role of information and communication technology.(Babnik et al.,2014). This will provide high quality solutions that will help in meeting thedemands of targeted consumers.Answer 2) ValuesValues integrated within the organization help to improve the organizational culture andcontribute to the development of the company. The desired set of values that an organizationmentions that it believes in are termed as espoused values. Enacted values represent the realityand they comprise of the set of values valued by the organization (Bourne & Jenkins, 2013).Principles of leading along with communication led the Aetna Inc Core to create values. Theespoused set of values of Aetna Inc. is integrity, superior service, high quality health care,employee surveys, employee engagement, biannual performance reviews and investing intechnology. Answer 3) Functions of Organisational CultureA strong culture prevailing in the organizational culture will ensure that there is lesserneed for detailed rules. Organisational culture will help in understanding messages (Shockley,2014). The necessity to communicate will be much less when there are shared assumptions.

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