Reflective Journal: Business Research on Organizational Culture Impact

This reflective journal delves into the critical role of organizational culture in driving employee performance and overall business success. The author explores the significance of fostering a positive workplace environment, emphasizing the responsibilities of leaders and managers in cultivating a supportive culture that motivates employees and enhances their work efficiency. The journal highlights how a healthy culture promotes high performance, influences employee behavior, and contributes to improved economic outcomes. It examines the importance of values, ethics, and beliefs within organizations, along with the impact of growth opportunities, rewards, and recognition on employee motivation. The author reflects on the knowledge gained from various sources, including journal articles and secondary research, and how this understanding will inform their future professional endeavors as a leader. The journal also analyzes the impact of organizational culture on production levels, employee development, and ethical practices, referencing key theories and studies to support its arguments. It concludes with a synthesis of the research findings, emphasizing the importance of a well-defined organizational culture for achieving business objectives and fostering employee engagement.

Running head: BUSINESS RESEARCH
Business research – Reflective Journal
Name of student
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Contents
Introduction and reflection on report...............................................................................................3
Reflective analysis...........................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction and reflection on report
From the basis of this assignment, I have gained a lot of skills and knowledge to understand
about the importance of culture within the organizations. Based on the data and information
present in the assignment, I understood that maintaining a good culture can help in enhancing the
performances of the workers of the organization. The leaders and managers do hold the
responsibilities to create a good culture within the workplace for creating good working
conditions for the employees. This will result in creating a strong workforce that can contribute
largely to the organizational efficiency and drive the economic performance and production level
of the organization (Alvesson and Sveningsson, 2015). From this journal, I have understood that
a healthy culture promotes high performance of workers and motivates them, which enhances
their work efficiency and allows for increasing the economic performance too. A good and
supportive culture maintained within organizations can also help in motivating the workers and
encourage them to perform to the potential and bring out desired positive outcomes with ease
and effectiveness. Often companies face difficulties in creating a good culture within
organization and this deteriorates the organizational performance largely too. The topic focuses
on how establishing a good culture can drive employee performance and enhance production
level and efficiency of the organization (Nica, 2013). This would also create a positive brand
image and identity and create loyal customers effectively. The production level of the
organization depends on the motivation and encouragement of employees done by the managers
and leaders of the organization. Each and every company maintains some values, ethics and
beliefs and all the employees working there must follow those for creating good culture and
promote good working conditions within the organizational environment (Hogan and Coote,
2014).

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From this journal, I have gained knowledge and understanding about the growth opportunities,
social security, enrichment of job, rewards provided to employees for motivating their behaviors,
manage recognition and appraisal of performances, all of which are responsible for developing a
good culture within the organization. This would help me to progress sin my professional career
in the future too. As the topic is focused on the creation of a organizational culture, so with
proper knowledge and information obtained during my study, I would be able to perform as a
good leader to create a good culture and keep employees motivated for bringing the best
production level. The rules and regulations should be known to them so that they can motivate
themselves as well as others to perform to their potential. All these relevant information and
knowledge has allowed me t go beyond boundaries and improve my academics and professional
career with ease. The learning and obtaining skills and expertise will also guide me to do well in
my exams and achieve my career objectives. All the rules and regulations of the organization are
followed by me which have made me enough skilful and all these learning have created huge
impact on my personal life too.
I have covered vast area of the topic by going through various secondary sources like journals,
articles and web sites for conducting the research effectively. Based on the data presented in the
article Egan et al. 2004, I understood the most important components of organizational culture
and how it has created a positive impact on the improvement of working conditions and
performances of employees too. Within the dynamic world, the employers or managers of
companies expect high performances from workers for management of good production level.
Based on the journal of Gagné and Deci 2005, I understood the significance of self determination
theory and how it can be used within the organizations for encouraging the employees to perform
better.

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Reflective analysis
By making an analysis of both the assignments, it can be clearly understood that the objectives
and goals of the organization are to promote a good culture within organization and find ways to
motivate them. By understanding the vision and mission statement along with the organizational
values and beliefs, employees would be able to work harder and accomplish the goals and
objectives easily. The learning procedure further helps in making the employees gain full support
from the organization. I have obtained knowledge about various factors, which can motivate the
employees such as reward management system and other non-monetary rewards including
increments, promotion, bonus and providing them with growth opportunities.
I have covered a huge area for conducting the research appropriately and the secondary sources
have proved t be beneficial for doing so. The journals and articles presented by Egan et al. 2014
have helped me to understand the importance of maintaining a good culture within organization
and how can it be created. I have understood the impact of organizational culture on the level of
production and ways of managing development of employees as well. The self-determination
theory is an effective theory, which has been implemented within the organizational premises for
motivating the workers and ensures enhanced work performances too. According to Gagné and
Deci(2005), the self determination theory is an essential aspect of enhancing performances of
employees and meet the high expectations of employers too. I gained further knowledge and
information by visiting the organization and found out that each and every employees have
managed to interact with each other properly and created a diversified workforce. This has not
only promoted good communication but also increased the productivity and growth of the
organization. From the books of Hartog and Verburg(2004), I found that high performances of
workers are dependent upon the culture of organization and in case they do not know the

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importance of good culture and collaborative team work, the productivity would tend to remain
less. My knowledge and skills improved furthermore when I understood how the leaders have
worked as a team to improve the organizational culture and managed organizational development
and growth through establishment of a good organizational culture. A good leader always
motivates his employees so that they can perform to their potential for managing the business
processes properly as well as influence the behaviours of employees positively. According to
Ivancevich, Matteson and Konopaske 1990, I obtained other skills regarding the organizational
behaviors and management and how a good organizational culture can result in maintaining
ethical practice.
The secondary sources and materials used for conducting the research in an effective manner
have also helped me to develop my own ideas and fulfill the requirements of learning within
organization. For example, I managed to find out ways by which a new and appropriate culture
of organization can create norms, rules, regulations and conditions that are needed to be followed
by the individuals within the organization. As I analysed various research materials such as
documents and journals to develop a proper literature review, I managed to remain differentiable
while forming new concepts regarding the effectiveness of organizational culture in improving
the performance of organization and its employees (Eaton and Kilby2015).
The culture of an organisation has direct link with the performances of employees and it can be
seen from the various analysis and evaluation processes. By understanding the research
procedure in further details, I managed to create a conceptual platform for improving the
effectiveness of investigation process and furthermore address the major criteria based on which
employees would be able to judge the ethics and values in work. The needs and requirements of
workers are needed to be assessed as well on a regular basis for carrying forward an investigation

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in much detailed manner for fulfilling those and ensure that they perform to their potential
(Kaczynski, Salmona and Smith 2014).
Conclusion
The various studies and research aspects that have helped in conducting the research process and
enhanced by learning process efficiency are needed to be analysed with the help of a proper
investigation technique. The learning procedure in business is helpful in developing a proper
approach for the process of research learning too.
From the analysis and interpretation, it could be understood that objectives of conducting this
research are to develop a good culture of the organization and to improve the performances of
employees, motivate and encourage them to the utmost level possible. The values and beliefs are
needed to be followed for promoting a good culture and accomplish the organizational goals and
objectives (Jacobs et al. 2013). The process of learning has played a major role is assisting me to
understand the essentialities of various approaches undertaken by the organization to provide full
support to employees and drive their performances too. There are various approaches for
motivating and encouraging the employees to perform better such as providing them with
financial rewards, increments, promotion and other opportunities to make them grow and
develop (Manojlovic and Ketefian 2016). I went through the research articles based on the
supermarkets and the main thing which I focused during the learning procedure was the structure
of the supermarkets. The procedure of learning helped me to gain consciousness about the
factors that had motivated the employees and promote the business. Few examples were also
included such as Woolworth and Aldi, which created a good working environment by promoting
good organizational culture for allowing the employees to enjoy while working (Awadh and

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Alyahya 2013). The different theories and models used for enabling motivation also had been
part of the learning procedure. The theory consisted of five stages among which the
psychological needs had been focused on the most, which were considered as performance
factors too.
The learning procedure would allow me to know about the most important aspects of
organizational culture and how it could create a positive impact on the employees’ performances
by driving their behaviors. I have been appointed as the Human resources manager and it is my
responsibility to enable learning procedures within organization for maintaining the workforce
properly, develop a good culture within the organization and make sure that they are kept
motivated to perform and contribute largely to the company (Kaczynski, Salmona & Smith
2014). With the high level of motivation, the employees would be able to perform efficiently and
make the organization sustain in the competitive business environment with ease and
effectiveness.

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Hogan, S.J. and Coote, L.V., 2014. Organizational culture, innovation, and performance: A test
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Jacobs, R., Mannion, R., Davies, H.T., Harrison, S., Konteh, F. and Walshe, K., 2013. The
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Manojlovich, M. and Ketefian, S., 2016. The effects of organizational culture on nursing
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