Organizational Culture Assesment Analysis

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Introduction
Organizational culture plays an important role in determining the extent to which a
business organization will be able to successfully achieve its organizational targets and goals.
The organizational culture of a business organization involves the set of beliefs, values and
principles that control the attitude and behavior of the employees and other members of the
organization. The modes of communication used by the different members of the
organization for the purpose of coordinating amongst themselves and engaging in the
fulfillment of organizational targets is also determined by the efficiency of the organizational
culture. In this regard, it may be said that the changing business environments throughout the
world, has facilitated the transformation of organizational cultures that are generally present
within the scope of business organizations. The essay ill further focus upon the concept of
open office environments. For this purpose, the history of such working environments will be
discussed along with the impact it has had on the management practices of business
organizations. The advantages and disadvantages of this form of office environment will also
be discussed with respect to the physical layout.
Discussion
The concept of open office environments entails the a system where there are no
closed walls or fixed cubicles for the employees and other members of the organization to
work in. The primary purpose of the development of the open office environments is to
provide the employees with a free space and prevent their confinement to drab and
uninspiring office spaces (Evans and Johnson 2000). However, there are several challenges
pertaining to the incorporation of such an organizational culture with open office working
environments. For the analysis of such challenges, it is essential to evaluate the development
of the open environment working spaces.

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History of the Open Office Environment
Initially the concept of open working environments was confined to the installations
of regular rows or desks arranged in a manner so the employees would not be allocated
specific rooms or cubicles. However, with the rapid growth in the business environments and
expansion of business operations and functions, the organizations have attempted to adopt
innovative measures with the help of technological developments in order to improve the
productivity and performance of the employees. In order to ensure such a personal and
professional development of the employees, advancements in technology have enabled the
business organization to adopt an evolved concept of open working environments within the
scope of their business. In order to evaluate and assess the changes in the level of employee
satisfaction and thereby their performance within the scope of business organizations,
innovations have been introduced in terms of the planning and designing of office spaces
(Brennan, Chugh, and Kline 2002). In this regard, it may be mentioned that the modern
notions of open working environments include the scope of a mixture of cubicles, open
workstations, group workstations and private offices depending upon the requirements and
needs of the employees, as well as the hierarchy in the organizational structure.
Impact of Open Working Environment on Management Practices
The working environment in which the employees are subjected to makes a huge
impact on the organizational performance as a whole. In this regard, the working
environment of the business organizations using an open or closed system for the workplace
directly determines the efficiency of the management practices being adopted in the
organization. The working environment of different business organizations directly structures
and develops the organizational culture that will be established and adopted by the employees
within the scope of their business operations (Konnikova 2014). Such an organizational
culture in turn directly affects the attitude and behavior of the employees not only towards