FUNCTION OF ORGANIZATIONAL

CULTURE
•It gives members an organizational identity
•It facilitates collective commitment
•It promotes systems stability
•It shapes behavior by helping members
make sense of their surroundings
•It provides a boundary
•It helps organizational members stick to
conformity and expected mode of behavior
MANAGING THE ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE

Once the culture is formed, it is the duty

of the organization to enrich it.
LEVELS 0F CULTURE

Observable artifacts of culture

Shared values
Common assumptions
OBSERVABLE ARTIFACTS OF
CULTURE

These
 are the symbols of culture in physical and social work environment.
These are visible and most accessible.

They includes organizational heroes.

Organizational culture emanates from the top management and their leadership styles.

These leaders become the role model.

Employees would like to copy their behavior, work ethics and represent what an organization

stands for.
for.
SHARED VALUES

Shared
 values lie at the very heart of the organizational culture.
It helps turn routine activities into valuable, Important actions, tie

the corporation to important value of society, which may provide
very distinctive source of competitive advantages.
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Two
 types of values
Terminal values
that’s reflects end states of existence

Instrumental values
it means to achieve terminal values being hard working may lead to achieve solace .
COMMON ASSUMPTIONS

These are the fallout of shared value system and

observable artifacts of culture.
Employees, over a period of time form within
themselves a common cultures.
Example
In Bajaj automobiles, everybody comes in times
to the plant.
So punctuality is the common assumption that
is embedded in their organization.
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Maruti Udhog
Safety is accorded a high priority.
Workers health and safety in plant therefore is
assumed a common assumption