Organizational Culture: Importance, Impact, and Recommendations

This paper discusses the importance of organizational culture in managing the activities of a company. It analyzes three articles related to organizational culture and provides recommendations for maintaining a positive culture in the workplace.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Article summary..............................................................................................................................1
Article 1: Coming to a new awareness of organizational culture................................................1
Article 2: A longitudinal study of the effects of charismatic leadership and Organizational
culture on objective and perceived corporate performance.........................................................2
Article 3: Parsing Organizational culture: How the norm for adaptability influences the
relationship between culture consensus and financial performance in high technology firms....2
Article analysis on basis of organizational culture..........................................................................3
Recommendations............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................7
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Introduction
In this paper, the focus will be given on the topic organizational culture. According to
this topic the discussion will be made by considering the key concepts. It has been examined
that organizational culture is related with the beliefs and values which is necessary at the time of
managing the activities of the company. It has been seen that if culture of the business is not
positive then it can be difficult for the employees to complete their activities. Organizational
culture is considered as an important aspect which helps to interact with the stakeholders in the
workplace. Organizational culture influences the employees and also the stakeholders who are
connected with the company. Therefore, it can be stated that organizational culture affects the
overall growth of the company and also impact can be seen on the entire productivity level. In
the competitive market, it has been seen that organizational culture is considered as an important
aspect that helps to maintain the environment of the workplace.
In this paper the entire discussion will be made on organizational culture by taking into
considering 3 articles which are related with the organizational culture. The analysis will be
made by focusing on the entire field related to organizational culture. There are three articles on
which discussion will be made. The three articles are coming to a new awareness of
organizational culture, a longitudinal study of the effects of charismatic leadership and
Organizational culture on objective and perceived corporate performance and Parsing
Organizational culture: How the norm for adaptability influences the relationship between
culture consensus and financial performance in high technology firms.
Article summary
Article 1: Coming to a new awareness of organizational culture
It has been stated by Schein (1984), that organizational culture plays an important for role
in managing the overall activities of the company. This article focuses on the concept of
organizational culture in which it has been seen that it is a dynamic concept which changes
according to time. There are various researchers who stated that culture is considered as the set
of practices that help the people to interact and act according to the present environment. In this
article it has been highlighted that there are various aspects related to organizational culture like
formal companies and cultural paradigms and also various implications has been discussed in
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context to the culture of the company. Also the analysis is made on the concepts which are based
on the external adaption and also integration of the culture.
Organizational culture is considered as the dynamic model, in which there are different
stages related to the organization. There is proper code of conduct, dress code, behavioral
patterns and also policies that should be implemented in the workplace. Human resource is
considered as one of the important aspect of the company and they are needed so that activities
can be managed easily (Alvesson & Sveningsson, 2015). So, the overall cultural paradigm relates
to the overall assumption and systematic pattern. In this article the focus is given on the various
new factors which are related to organizational culture. It has also lead to generating the
awareness in context to the concepts of organizational culture.
Article 2: A longitudinal study of the effects of charismatic leadership and
Organizational culture on objective and perceived corporate performance
According to Wilderom , van den Berg & Wiersma (2012), the emphasis is given on the
overall analysis related to charisma leader who have the link with the overall effectiveness of the
leader. It has been seen that charismatic leaders influences the employees as they have strong and
appealing vision as the leader.
It has also been seen that charisma leaders give impact on the entire performance level of
the company. The culture of the company can be maintained if there is proper management of
the charisma leaders. Leadership plays a great role in managing the entire performance of the
company (Bolman & Deal, 2017).
The outcome which is derived is based on the overall charismatic leadership. The
organizational culture has an objective to maintain the overall corporate performance so that it
can be easy to accomplish goals and objectives. If performance is maintained then it can be
simple for the companies to achieve positive results and it can also help in managing the entire
profitability of the company (Shamir & Howell, 2018).
Article 3: Parsing Organizational culture: How the norm for adaptability influences
the relationship between culture consensus and financial performance in high technology
firms
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This is the third article in this it has been stated by Chatman (2014), in the present era,
there is a link between the organizational culture and also the overall financial performance of
the company. It has been seen that good culture in the workplace helps to align the overall
behavior of the employees by taking into consideration the organizational objectives. It has also
been seen that it motivates the employees towards the overall financial performance which bring
uniformity in the behavior of the employees.
Also there is a proper relationship between the organizational culture and overall
financial performance of the company. Also it has been examined that there are various norms
and beliefs which are considered by the employees. By taking into consideration the external
environment it has been seen that financial performance influences the employees of the
organization (Strati, 2017).
This article states that culture is related with the norms, beliefs and also assumptions. By
taking into consideration the nature of the organization there are various results which are related
with the overall culture of the company. for example : in the retail sector the activities are
customer oriented but by focusing on the manufacturing units it has been seen that culture is
related to detailed orientation in relation to the organizational practices. So, the norms can affect
the overall financial performance of the company (Saeed, Yousafzai & Engelen, 2014).
Article analysis on basis of organizational culture
Organizational culture plays an important role in managing the overall performance of
the employees. The culture of the organization influences various factors which are related to
employee involvement, performance of the employees, the factor related to motivation and also
various management factors. On the basis of the articles which are mentioned above, it has been
seen that there are various researchers who have different view in context to organizational
culture (Wei, Samiee & Lee, 2014). By comparing these articles, it has been analyzed that in
organizational culture employees are considered as an important part that helps to manage the
activities of the workplace. Also the employees ensure the overall level of commitment of the
employees so that it can be simple to achieve goals and objectives (Dixon, 2017).
According to the first article named as Coming to a new awareness of organizational
culture it has been stated that there are many researchers who focuses on the activities of the
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organization and also they focus on the practices in a proper manner. In this it has also
mentioned that internal and external structure is important as it impact the overall operation of
the company.
In relation to the second article which is named by a longitudinal study of the effects of
charismatic leadership and Organizational culture on objective and perceived corporate
performance ; it has been seen that this article focus on the charisma leaders who has the
responsibility to maintain the overall performance of the employees. It is important for these
leaders to maintain the performance of the employees so that it can be easy to maintain the
overall performance of the employees. The impact on corporate performance can be seen if there
is proper involvement of the charisma leaders. It is important for these leaders to manage the
entire operations of the company so that goals and objectives can be attained. So, the
performance of the employees can be maintained when there is proper involvement of the
employees in the workplace. Also this article states that performance and culture of the
organization is interlinked as it helps to manage the activities of the company.
The third article named by Parsing Organizational culture: How the norm for adaptability
influences the relationship between culture consensus and financial performance in high
technology firms states that there are various norms that help to maintain the overall performance
and culture of the company (Nickson, Warhurst & Witz, 2017).
It is important to maintain the norms of the organization so that it can be simple to
evaluate the overall impact and it can help to consider the changes which are related to the
behavior of the individual. Norms of the company helps to build organizational culture and after
evaluating the overall views of the researchers it has been stated that there are various factors
related to culture and it has been seen that it is important to maintain the performance so that
goals can be attained. It is the responsibility of the leader to focus on maintaining the culture of
the company and it also motivates the employees so that goals and objectives can be attained
(Zhu, 2015).
Therefore, it can be seen that there is a link with the overall culture of the organization
and leadership as it can help to maintain the standards which directly accomplish the entire goals
and objectives.
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Recommendations
By taking into the three articles it can be recommended that organizational culture is
important to be maintained. The organizational culture affects the entire success of the company.
Every company should focus on managing the activities of the workplace so that it can be easy to
maintain the performance of the employees. If performance of the employees is maintained than
it can be simple to accomplish goals and objectives.
It is the responsibility of the leader to focus on managing the activities of the employees
so that it can be easy to finish it with proper coordination. Communication also plays an
important role in managing the entire activities of the company. It has been seen that if there is
proper communication in the workplace then it can be simple to maintain the entire
organizational culture.
Communication should be there between the employees so that performance can be
maintained and positive outcome can be attained. If there is proper communication then
employees can also easily communication their queries with the leaders which can help them to
bring clarification in the work. Also if there is proper communication in the workplace then
behavior of the employees can be changed and with this it can be easy to create positive culture
in thee workplace. Therefore, it can be stated that organizational practices influence the overall
activities of the company and helps to create positive culture in the workplace.
Conclusion
By analyzing the entire paper, it has been concluded that organizational culture is
considered as an important factor that should be maintained so that organizational goals and
objectives can be attained. The culture of the organization helps the employees to manage the
activities which can also lead to overall success in the competitive market. it is necessary for the
leaders to focus on managing the organizational culture so that organizational goals and
objectives can be attained.
Organizational culture is considered as the dynamic concept and in this context it is the
responsibility of the leaders to maintain the entire activities of the employees so that they can
give their best towards the activities of the company. It is necessary for the company to achieve
success by marinating the overall organizational culture. Therefore, it can be stated that
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organizational culture should be maintained so that it can be simple to manage the entire culture
and belief of the organization and it can also help to attain competitive advantage. Organizational
culture should be maintained as it can help to achieve growth in the market.
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