MBA401 People, Culture & Leadership: Reflection on Employee Engagement

This assignment is a reflection paper from an MBA401 student, focusing on organizational culture and employee engagement. The paper explores the connection between organizational culture and employee engagement, highlighting how a supportive culture can improve employee performance and overall organizational success. The author discusses the importance of leadership in shaping organizational culture, referencing Schein's cultural triangle and the example of Google's open and innovative culture. The paper emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt to change and create a culture that supports open communication and employee engagement. The student reflects on their learning, identifying the significance of self-reflection in gaining knowledge from past experiences and improving personal strengths and weaknesses. The paper concludes by summarizing the key takeaways regarding organizational culture, leadership, and employee engagement.

Running head: REFLECTION
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Name of Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
Reflection refers to the ability of a person to describe a past event by adding their
personal views on the same. Therefore it helps in improving the learning of an individual
through self-analysis of a past event. It also helps in self-improvement because people can
identify the strengths and weaknesses. The main aim of the paper is to reflect about one of the
topics that I have found to be interesting in my course. The topic selected by me includes
developing organizational culture and engagement of the employees. The paper will therefore
discuss about the concepts of organizational culture and engagement of employees.
Discussion
The concept that I have liked the most throughout the course is that of organizational
culture and engagement of employees. This is so because the employees of any organization
can be engaged with the help of the culture of the organization and that in turn can help in
improving the overall organizational performance of the employees. Further from the paper
the relationship between the organizational culture and leadership has been understood
through Scheins cultural triangle. Organisational culture refers to the common values and
beliefs of the individuals within an organization which further determines their behaviour.
Therefore the organizational culture determines the way the things are done within an
organization. There can be different types of culture within an organization such as the power
culture, the role culture, the task culture and the people culture depending upon the type of
leader in the organization. Moreover the organizational culture determines the level of
engagement of the employees. This became clear to me with the example of the culture at
Google. Google follows a culture that is open, innovative hands on and that focuses on
excellence. Due to this culture the employees take pride in being a member of the company

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and also feel enthusiastic about their work. Moreover from the workshop of organizational
culture and employees engagement, it has also been understood by me that organization need
to continuously change themselves in order to adapt to the changing work environment. In
such a situation, the employees of the organisation will readily accept the change only if the
organizational culture is supportive to the employees. That is in case any organization decides
to undergo a change, it becomes necessary for the leader to create a culture that supports open
communication, better superior subordinate relationship, sharing of vision. Further from the
workshop I have also understood the meaning of employees engagement which includes the
emotional connection that an employee’s develops with the organization and the way the
same connection has an impact over their performance. Moreover the different factors that
determine the employees engagement and the advantage of employees engagement over the
performance of the employees has also been understood from the workshop on organizational
culture and engagement.
Conclusion
Therefore from the above discussion, it can be concluded that self-reflection helps an
individual in gaining knowledge from their past experiences. Moreover it also helps an
individual to identify their strengths and weaknesses and therefore they can improve the
same. Further from the paper the concept of organizational culture has been understood and
the role of leaders in managing the same has also been understood.