Organizational Socialization & Culture

This assignment delves into the concepts of organizational socialization and culture. It outlines the three-phase model of socialization, emphasizing its importance in shaping an employee's understanding and adaptation to the organization. The assignment further examines different organizational culture types – clan, adhocracy, market, and hierarchy – and their impact on employee behavior and organizational performance. It concludes with a discussion on how managers can create a balanced and effective organizational culture that promotes both individual growth and organizational success.

People Leadership & Performance

Organizational Socialization:
Organizational socialization is the process in which an individual interact with the organization being a
part of it , it is the learning and adjustment process for the new employee in the existing environment
(Chao, 2012).Organizational socialization concept is the three phase model which starts when individual
assumption about the organization, its working culture this is known as anticipatory organization culture.
Next phase is known as encounter it is the actual interaction of an individual with organization when
individual in real interact with the other employees of the organization and understands the working and
behavior of the other people in the organization and the last phase of organization socialization is the
change and acquisition under this phase individual adopts the organization culture and become part of it.
Organizational socialization is the most important element of any organization as it creates the image of
organization in the mind of employee it is the duty of manger to bring in the different techniques for
organization socialization as it will help an newly recruited to feel comfortable in the atmosphere and can
truly help in increasing the productivity and retention of the employee.
As a Manger I would develop the technique of organizational socialization process very dynamic as every
employee has different nature and different level of socialization, I would try to understand the new
employee and accordingly would help him/her in socializing in organization. And would try to give a
positive organization socialization atmosphere by giving training to the current employees regarding
creating a balance and positive atmosphere.

Organization culture
Organization culture is the atmosphere of the organization, it is the “shared values and beliefs”
based on which individual of the organization think, behave, work and dress in the organization.
Organization culture four main functions including organizational identity, collective
commitment, sense making device and social system stability (Schien, 2004). Collectively all
creates the organizational culture. Every organization has different organizational culture namely
clan culture is the most flexible type of organizational culture which encourages cooperation and
support rather than control, other is adhocracy culture is the based on the belief of ability of
adopting quick change and is the opposite of bureaucracy and hierarchical organizational culture.
Another type of organizational culture is market culture which is truly based on the competition
and this type of organization culture has strong mission of delivering better results than the
competitors in the market. Last type of organization culture is hierarchy culture this is based on
the concept of stability it is the moreover of structured work environment and the employees
need to abide to the strict rules and regulations of the organization.
As manager I would prefer balanced mix of all the culture in the organization, where employee
would have freedom to bring innovations, but are self- reliant and would dedicatedly work
towards the growth of the organization and are updated about the current market situation and
are ready to reciprocate to the competitors move and are always in supporting and collaborative
mode.as this type of culture will truly increase the productivity and rate of growth of the
organization as happy satisfied and free employee can deliver best results but there should be
some level of control and regulation in order to abide them with ethics.

References
Chao, G, T, 2012, Organizational socialization- background, basics and a blueprint for adjustment at
work, Oxford handbook of organizational psychology, Vol. 1.
Schein, E, H, 2004, Organizational culture and leadership, 3edn, Willey imprint, US.