Analyzing the Role and Importance of Organizational Culture

This report provides a comparative analysis of two articles focusing on organizational culture and its impact on leadership and management within organizations. The first article, by Mathew (2019), examines the rise of organizational culture in knowledge-intensive firms, particularly in the Indian software sector, and its role in enhancing productivity and effectiveness. It employs theoretical perspectives to analyze the complexities of cultural integration, differentiation, and fragmentation. The second article, by Warrick (2017), emphasizes the significance of organizational culture in attracting and retaining talent, motivating employees, and boosting overall performance. It highlights the importance of leaders understanding and shaping desired behaviors within the organization. The report contrasts the articles, noting their differing approaches – theoretical versus strategic – and their shared emphasis on the crucial role of leaders in fostering and understanding organizational culture. The analysis concludes by underscoring how both articles contribute to understanding the effectiveness of organizational culture for leaders and managers.

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Organizational Behavior
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The fundamental objective of the paper is to analyze both the articles by comparing and
contrasting their findings. It will discuss the importance and effectiveness of organizational
culture for the leaders or managers within the organizations. The first article evaluates the rise of
organizational culture which helps in increasing the overall productivity and profitability of the
firm. The second article critically reflects that organizational performance can be enhanced by
motivating and attracting talented people within the organization. Thus, the paper will provide a
detailed understanding of the organizational culture that is beneficial for the organizations.
Article 1
Mathew, J., 2019. Organisational culture and effectiveness: A multi-perspective evaluation
of an Indian knowledge-intensive firm.
Employee Relations: The International Journal,
41(3), pp.538-551.
The first article describes the popularity and rise of organizational culture within the
organizations that are described with the help of theoretical perspectives and based on
organizational cultures (Mathew, 2019). It demonstrated several particularities of economically
and interesting important content. Based on three perspectives of organizational culture like
fragmentation, integration and differentiation, the article presents the aspects of employment by
providing an insight into the indeterminacies and conflicts of the findings related to cultural
effectiveness. From the article, it has been observed that relevant cultures play a crucial role in
the effectiveness of the software firms and knowledge-intensive. On the other hand, it has been
observed that contextual particularities create a challenge at the time of developing strong
cultures and that, in turn, creates barriers for integration of cultural aspects. The article
demonstrated the need for organizational culture by providing the example of the software sector
in India that has hugely contributed to organizational culture (Mathew, 2019). It is seen that as
the Indian software organizations proceed towards maturity, it increases the needs for
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sophisticated and formal human resource systems. Usually, such measures are helpful for the
organizational managers in knowledge-intensive software firms to increase their operational
effectiveness. The study also possesses certain limitations, such as the difficulty of sustaining
relevant cultures within a knowledge-intensive firm.
Article 2
Warrick, D.D., 2017. What leaders need to know about organizational culture.
Business
Horizons, 60(3), pp.395-404.
After reviewing the second article, it is seen that culture is regarded as a significant factor for
organizational success. The article demonstrates the fact that organizational culture possesses the
ability to create an impact on the effectiveness and performance of an organization by retaining
talented individuals, motivating and attracting people and increasing productivity and morale.
Understanding organizational cultures help in sustaining as well as creating strong cultures
(Warrick, 2017). The article evaluated the fact that most of the organizations focus on motivating
people to work together. Moreover, the types of behavior of an individual that is devalued as
well as valued creates an impact on enhancing the organizational culture. As a result, it becomes
significant for organizational leaders to understand the desired behaviors of the organizational
members. They are also required to understand the influence of influential people on
organizational culture that helps them in selecting appropriate people who fit into the desired
culture. It focuses on a strong culture that possesses a significant impact on the practices and
behaviors of the organizational employees (Warrick, 2017). It reveals the fact that strong cultures
are usually related to higher performance as compared to weak cultures.
Comparing and contrasting both the articles
While comparing both the articles, it has been observed that the first article demonstrates the
effectiveness of organizational culture with the help of implementing functionalist and
quantitative approaches for the organizational managers. Similarly, the second article also states
the importance of organizational culture that needs to be analyzed by the leaders within the
organizations. Both articles determine the roles and responsibilities of the managers who are also
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regarded as leaders to shape the organizational culture. The articles state that it is significant for
the leaders to identify the aspects that create difficulties to enhance organizational culture.
In contrast, the first article analyzes the effectiveness of organizationally based on three
perspectives like integration, differentiation and fragmentation. While the second article
demonstrates the effectiveness of organizational culture by focusing on the factors that create an
impact on cultural aspects (Warrick, 2017). Moreover, it has been noticed that the first article is
based on theoretical perspectives and practices. While the second article does not possess any
theoretical perspectives, rather it has emphasized towards strategy along with culture that help
the leaders or the managers to understand organizational culture.
The paper concluded by critically analyzing both the articles based on organizational leaders. It
is seen that both the articles are highly focused on demonstrating the effectiveness of
organizational culture for leaders or managers. It is also observed that the first article states the
need for organizational culture through theoretical perspectives, while the second article focuses
upon the implementation of values and strategy that helps managers to shape organizational
culture.
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References
Mathew, J., 2019. Organisational culture and effectiveness: A multi-perspective evaluation of an
Indian knowledge-intensive firm. Employee Relations: The International Journal, 41(3), pp.538-
551.
Warrick, D.D., 2017. What leaders need to know about organizational culture. Business
Horizons, 60(3), pp.395-404.
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