Report on Organizational Climate vs. Culture: Analysis and Insights

This report provides a comparative analysis of organizational climate and culture. It differentiates between organizational climate, which pertains to the current environment and practices, and organizational culture, which reflects the organization's history and values. The report examines the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches in studying organizational culture, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each method. It suggests that a mixed approach, combining both qualitative and quantitative methods, is the most effective way to analyze organizational culture, as it reduces bias and increases the validity of results. The report references relevant academic sources to support its findings and conclusions. This report is a great resource for students who are looking for a deeper understanding of organizational behavior, management, and leadership.

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Table of Contents
Activity 1.........................................................................................................................................3
Activity 2.........................................................................................................................................3
Reference list...................................................................................................................................5
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Activity 1
What is the difference between climate and culture?
Climate and Culture are two different concepts. From the perspective of an organization
climate refers to the environment of the business organization where the employees work.
Organizational climate curbs itself according to the requirements of the organization.
Organization generally faces two requirements internal requirement or the external ones. Climate
of an organization only concerned about the current practices of the organization (Shanker et al.,
2017). Now considering organizational culture it can be said that organizational culture mainly
shows the atmosphere of the organization from its evolution point of the organization until the
present times (Alvesson & Sveningsson, 2015). Culture of an organization is developed over a
long period of time hence it is very significant for an organization to create a good reputation in
the marketplace because bad reputation will affect the culture of the organization. It can be said
that organizational culture is a broader concept that determines the organizational climate.
Activity 2
What is the difference between using a qualitative approach to studying culture and using
a quantitative approach? Which do you think is better suited to analyze organizational
culture?
Organizational culture can be evaluated by utilizing both the qualitative approach and the
quantitative approach. The qualitative approach of study is conducted by evaluating the
documents of the organization mainly the annual report of the organization while the quantitative
approach of study is conducted by considering the survey questionnaire procedure by including
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respondents from the organization. Both the approaches provide different result one is concerned
about providing the quality of the organizational culture while the other is concerned about
quantity of the organization. In order to analyze the organizational culture the appropriate
method is to utilize a mixed approach because this mixed approach of qualitative and
quantitative ways will reduce the biasness and increase the validity of the result.
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Reference list
Alvesson, M., & Sveningsson, S. (2015). Changing organizational culture: Cultural change
work in progress. Routledge.
Shanker, R., Bhanugopan, R., Van der Heijden, B. I., & Farrell, M. (2017). Organizational
climate for innovation and organizational performance: The mediating effect of
innovative work behavior. Journal of vocational behavior, 100, 67-77.
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