Importance of Organisational Culture in Today's World

Running head: ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT
Importance of organisational culture in today’s world
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1.Main argument
The meaning of organisation culture can often spark a debate, however, one of the widely
accepted fact remains that there is a need for it. Organisational culture refers to the values and
guidelines that is embedded in the work policy of an organisation and is a guiding parameter
to assess growth and development. It plays an important role in shaping the mindset of the
workers and in turn, the overall development of the company. The article in discussion brings
various point of view about the definition of organisation culture, while some describe the
cultural effect as a sense that binds those togethers, others argue and point out it is a forced
reiteration that does not consider feelings of the employees. The need for organisational
culture is examined in this topic (Scott et al, 2018).

2. Assumption and Limitation of the article
While evaluating the article by Michael D. Watkins the readers must understand few
things. The article discusses various opinion on the topic of the organisational culture
gathered from an online platform called LinkedIn, where the writer asked the public about
their thoughts on the subject. He then analyses few statements to provide the readers an
insight on the various existing cultural dynamic in an organisation. His analysis based on the
repetitive behavioural function without any thought or feeling is as if churning a machine, in
this sort of work culture is very harmful for the personal growth of the employee and results
in emotional labour. According to research, rigorous work culture in Japan is a leading cause
of death, the phenomenon is known as Karoshi (Yamauchi et al, 2018, p.85-91).
Another instance, the writer breakdown how the organisational culture is an
evolvement of the organisation plays a crucial role in shaping the culture. It is the civilization
of the workplace with its norms and attribute that gives a unique framework to the work
culture. The language is engaging and easy to understand, helps to gain knowledge. However,
the article is provides limited information regarding why the readers should care about the
existence of the culture in organisational structure.
3. The conclusions drawn from the article
The article draws several conclusions on the various perceptions of the organisational
culture. The influence of organisational culture effects the productivity of the company,
psychological impact on the workers, and leaders must understand the implications of the
culture it has on their workforce. The leaders of the organisation face different cultural
values in their internal as well as their external environment such as political, religious
and others. This can create a state of confusion within the organisation, if the leader tries
to adapt to every change. The leader must understand the need to find a common ground
and strive hard to maintain a balance of culture in a work environment (Muls et al,
2015,p. 633-638. )

Culture in any environment should be positive, it should evaluate their
approaches and eliminate the malpractices that exists, just like an immune system. For
instance, young mothers face discrimination at work and are believed to incapable of
performing their role simply because they are mothers. A discrimination that has led to
many women lose their jobs unfairly. Recently Jacinda Ardern the prime minister of New
Zealand became the first woman to bring her baby to a meeting in the UN (Roy, 2019).
The article concludes that cultural dynamic are multilayered, complex and always
changing, but nevertheless, the writer intends to tell his readers that a positive value
system at work can transform an organization and help it to attain and maintain goals.
4. Discussion
The importance of organisation culture is evident, it adds to the value of a
company for it achieve and maintain long term goals. A company with a good
working culture is appreciated by its workers and keeps them focused to obtain goals
for the company, which helps it develop further. In reference to the article and the
study materials, it derives a similar perception of the organisational culture. While
exploring different work cultures, Robert Cooke states there are notably three types of
culture. Firstly the constructive culture where employees have positive interpersonal
relationship and it fosters maximum growth. Next, culture has no leadership style and
employees do as they please. Thirdly Cooke states, the competitive style where
competition is high but the workers share no interpersonal relationship which is bad
for a teamwork and effects the development of the company (Küpers, 2016). It is
important that the workers are self-motivated to accomplish their goals within the
stipulated time without the outside influence or inside pressure.