HI6005: Managing Organizations Group Report Appendix - T2 2019

This document presents the appendix for a group report on organizational culture, a topic within the HI6005 Managing Organizations in a Global Environment course at Holmes Institute. The appendix includes comprehensive details such as full names, student IDs, contact numbers of group members, the chosen topic, and a detailed allocation of tasks among the members. A crucial element is the Gantt chart, which outlines the project's working plan, including deadlines and dates for each allocated task, such as topic selection, work division, data finding, literature review, and relating literature. Furthermore, the appendix highlights the group's expectations, challenges encountered, and key insights derived from the research, focusing on the concept, characteristics, dimensions, impact, and importance of organizational culture. The appendix also provides a list of references used, offering a clear understanding of the research materials and their relevance to the project.

Gantt Chart:
0-1 1-2 3-5 6-8 9th
Research
Activities
Weeks Weeks Weeks Weeks Week
selection of
topic
Dividing the
work
Finding Data
Literature review
Relating
literature with
the importance
Group Expectations:
Understanding the meaning, concept and definition of Organizational Culture.
Challenges:
Getting good books and peer reviewed articles.
Lesser time for profound understanding.

Insights:
Concept of organizational culture.
Characteristics of organizational culture.
Dimensions of the same.
Impact and importance of the same.
Student
Id
References Reason for Choosing
1. Awadh, A.M. and Alyahya, M.S., 2013.
Impact of organizational culture on
employee performance. International
review of management and business
research, 2(1), p.168.
2. Bortolotti, T., Boscari, S. and Danese,
P., 2015. Successful lean
implementation: Organizational culture
and soft lean practices. International
Journal of Production Economics, 160,
pp.182-201.
3. Cameron, K., 2015. Organizational
effectiveness. Wiley Encyclopedia of
Management, pp.1-4.
4. Campbell, J.L. and Göritz, A.S., 2014.
All the articles and journals
provided a clear understanding.

Culture corrupts! A qualitative study of
organizational culture in corrupt
organizations. Journal of business
ethics, 120(3), pp.291-311.
5. Driskill, G.W., 2018. Organizational
culture in action: A cultural analysis
workbook. Routledge.
6. Cummings, T.G. and Worley, C.G.,
2014. Organization development and
change. Cengage learning.
7. Goetsch, D.L. and Davis, S.,
2014. Quality management for
organizational excellence: Introduction
to total quality.
8. Hogan, S.J. and Coote, L.V., 2014.
Organizational culture, innovation, and
performance: A test of Schein's
model. Journal of Business
Research, 67(8), pp.1609-1621.
9. Iljins, J., Skvarciany, V. and Gaile-
Sarkane, E., 2015. Impact of
organizational culture on organizational
climate during the process of
All the articles and journals
provided a clear understanding.

change. Procedia-Social and
Behavioral Sciences, 213, pp.944-950.
10. Feldman, S., 2019. Memory as a moral
decision: The role of ethics in
organizational culture. Routledge.
11. Jones, G.R., 2013. Organizational
theory, design, and change. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson,.
12. Osland, J., Devine, K. and Turner, M.,
2015. Organizational behavior. Wiley
Encyclopedia of Management, pp.1-5.
13. Putnam, L.L. and Mumby, D.K. eds.,
2013. The SAGE handbook of
organizational communication:
Advances in theory, research, and
methods. Sage Publications.
14. Schneider, B., Ehrhart, M.G. and
Macey, W.H., 2013. Organizational
climate and culture. Annual review of
psychology, 64, pp.361-388.
15. Al Shobaki, M.J. and Naser, S.S.A.,
2016. The Dimensions of
Organizational Excellence in the
All the articles and journals
provided a clear understanding.

Palestinian Higher Education
Institutions from the Perspective of the
Students.
16. Szczepańska-Woszczyna, K., 2014. The
importance of organizational culture for
innovation in the company. In Forum
Scientiae Oeconomia (Vol. 2, No. 3, pp.
27-39).
17. Turner, B.A. ed., 2014. Organizational
symbolism (Vol. 19). Walter de Gruyter
GmbH & Co KG.
18. Uddin, M.J., Luva, R.H. and Hossian,
S.M.M., 2013. Impact of organizational
culture on employee performance and
productivity: A case study of
telecommunication sector in
Bangladesh. International Journal of
Business and Management, 8(2), p.63.
19. Wicker, P. and Breuer, C., 2013.
Understanding the importance of
organizational resources to explain
organizational problems: Evidence from
nonprofit sport clubs in
All the articles and journals
provided a clear understanding.

Germany. VOLUNTAS: International
Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit
Organizations, 24(2), pp.461-484.
20. Karyotakis, K.M. and Moustakis, V.S.,
2016. Organizational factors,
organizational culture, job satisfaction
and entrepreneurial orientation in public
administration. The European Journal
of Applied Economics, 13(1), pp.47-59.