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Report Writing
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Institution
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Defining organization culture allows us to connect and understand how we can relate
culture and key elements of the organization. While there are multiple definitions of culture, not
many understand how it can be used to shape organizational behavior and its connection to the
organization. Most people just acknowledge its existence and the role organization culture plays
in shaping the behavior in organizations. According to GothamCulture (2019), organizational
culture is defined as the underlying beliefs, assumptions, values and ways of interacting that
contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization. It incorporates
organization expectations, shared attitudes, future expectations, inner workings, values guiding
members behavior, experiences, philosophies, customs, beliefs and rules.
Michael Watkins (2013) uses responses on LinkedIn to get a better definition of
organization culture. According Watkins (2013), culture can be defined by; observable patterns in
behavior, incentives, shared attitudes, social control systems, psychological environment, culture
of the society in which it operates and organization adaption to changes. These perspectives form
a base to which people across the globe should define organization culture so as to ensure
organizational benefits. Given the foundation to which culture should defined, leaders should be
able to identify approaches that will ease understanding, analyzing, preserving and transforming
organizations.
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For many leaders, understanding what organizational culture is at the ground level will
prove challenging. Although the definitions by Watkins helps form a basis, not all leaders will be
able to understand culture in the same manner. This may lead to leaders having good or bad
Report Writing
1.
Name
Institution
, REPORT WRITING 2
Report Writing
1.
Defining organization culture allows us to connect and understand how we can relate
culture and key elements of the organization. While there are multiple definitions of culture, not
many understand how it can be used to shape organizational behavior and its connection to the
organization. Most people just acknowledge its existence and the role organization culture plays
in shaping the behavior in organizations. According to GothamCulture (2019), organizational
culture is defined as the underlying beliefs, assumptions, values and ways of interacting that
contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization. It incorporates
organization expectations, shared attitudes, future expectations, inner workings, values guiding
members behavior, experiences, philosophies, customs, beliefs and rules.
Michael Watkins (2013) uses responses on LinkedIn to get a better definition of
organization culture. According Watkins (2013), culture can be defined by; observable patterns in
behavior, incentives, shared attitudes, social control systems, psychological environment, culture
of the society in which it operates and organization adaption to changes. These perspectives form
a base to which people across the globe should define organization culture so as to ensure
organizational benefits. Given the foundation to which culture should defined, leaders should be
able to identify approaches that will ease understanding, analyzing, preserving and transforming
organizations.
2.
For many leaders, understanding what organizational culture is at the ground level will
prove challenging. Although the definitions by Watkins helps form a basis, not all leaders will be
able to understand culture in the same manner. This may lead to leaders having good or bad
