Theories and Models of Organisational Culture

People and
Organisations

Introduction
In the present scenario, to give due consideration on the employees is highly
for organisations so as to keep them highly motivated. In today’s competitive era,
employees have a lot of options to switch over to other firms in case if they are not
satisfied with the working culture of present organisation. Therefore, it is significant
for a firm to maintain a healthy and positive organisational culture so that employees
would stay with the firm for longer span of time and contribute in attaining its set
targets.

Theories and models appropriate to
organisation culture
 According to Handy’s theory of organisational culture, there are
mainly four cultures which are:
o Power
o Role
o Task
o Person

Cont....
Edgar Schein has proposed the model of organisational culture
where three levels are stated on which the culture to be followed by the
firm depends. These level are:
1. Artifacts and symbols
2. Espoused values
3. Basic underlying assumptions