ASSIGNMENT # 1

ASSIGNMENT ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Subject: - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Submitted to: - DR. HYDER ALI SHAH
Submitted by: - MUNEEB ALI KHAN
Enrollment #: - 01-220191-026
Class: - MBA 3.5 YEAR Section: - 3 A

BAHRIA UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

What is the corporate culture?
Corporate culture refers to the beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company’s
employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions. Often
corporate culture is implied, not expressly defined, and develops organically over time from
cumulative traits of the people the company hires. A company’s culture will be reflected in its
dress code, business hours, office setup, employee benefits, turnover, hiring decisions,
treatment of clients, client satisfaction, and every other aspect of operations.

Characteristics of an Organizational Culture:

Key characteristics of an organizational culture are as follows;

1. Innovation and risk taking: The degree to which employees are encouraged to be
innovative and take risks.
2. Attention to detail: The degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision,
analysis, and attention to detail.
3. Outcome orientation: The degree to which management focuses on results or outcomes
rather than and technique and process.
4. People orientation: The degree to which management decision take into consideration
the effect of outcomes on people within the organization.
5. Team orientation: The degree to which work activities are organized around teams
rather than individuals.
6. Team orientation: The degree to which work activities are organized around teams
rather than individuals.
7. Aggressiveness: The degree to which people are aggressive and competitive than
easygoing.
8. Stability: The degree to which organizational activities emphasize maintaining the status
quo in contrast to growth.

Culture is a descriptive term, that is, it is not evaluative. Organizational culture is connected
how the characteristics of the company/organization are perceived-Not if they are liked or
disliked. It is not about job satisfaction.

INTERVIEWS:
For this assignment I have interviewed two individuals of Telecom company Mobilink.

1. Name: Muhammad Ali Khalid

Designation: Manager IT audit
Duration: 2.5 years.

2. Name: Muhammad Haroon

Designation: Accountant
Duration: 3 years
Answers of Muhammad Ali Khalid
Question # 1

Does the culture convey a sense of identity for employees?

Answer:
Yes, the culture conveys a sense of identity for employees. The culture of an organization
helps the member of organization to identify, to define “who they are” because the culture of
every organization is different from each other, being part of an organization it gives a sense
of identity to a member that is only shared by the people who belong to that organization.

Question # 2

Does culture helps generate employee’s commitment to something greater than

themselves?

Answer:
Yes, the culture helps generate employee’s commitment to something greater than
themselves as the strong culture of an organization motivates an individual to enhance their
skills, to prosper, and to compete with others in that way the in the long run it helps the
organization to prosper.

Question # 3

Does Culture adds to the stability of the organization as a social system?

Answer:
Most definitely yes, the culture does adds to the stability of the organization as a social
system. People learns to depend on their culture. It gives the stability and security, because
they can understand what is happening in their cultural community and knows how to
respond while in it. The culture is also an important source of stability and continuity of the
organization, which provides a sense of security to its members.

Question # 4

Does Culture serves as a frame of reference for employees to use to make sense out of
organization’s activities and to use as a guide for appropriate behavior?

Answer:
Yes, culture serves as a frame of reference for employees to use to make sense out of
organization’s activities and use as guide for appropriate behavior e.g. dress code, how to
talk, etc.
Question # 5

Do administrators, secretaries, and faculty members agree on the culture?

Answer:
They are the ones who make everyone comply with an organizations culture so Yes they do
agree on the culture.

Question # 6

Identify specific practices and programs used by organizations to facilitate socialization.

Is there a common culture?

Answer:
Yes, there is a common culture across the organization. For socialization day outs are planned
and different events are organized which helps socialization within the organization. Events
are also organized to socialize with people outside organization.
Question # 7

Describe the relationship between a society’s culture and an organization’s culture?

Answer:
Society’s culture is embedded in organization’s culture as the organization operates within
that society. Organizational culture refers to the norms, shared values, and expectations that
determine the governing of a certain organization. It actually describes the manner in which
people interacts as well as approach the work. Societal culture defines the norms,
expectations, and shared values of a society or a group of people living in a particular place
governing them.

Question # 8

Your assessment of the overall value of the culture to the university or organization?

Answer:
My assessment is that the Culture defines an organization. Culture creates the foundation for
strategy and will either be organization’s greatest asset or largest liability. While culture has
many aspects and manifestations, its core should include a clear sense of purpose and shared
values that guide decision making across the organization.
Question # 9

Is the culture a corporate strength or weakness? How?

Answer:
For me the strong culture of an organization is act as its greatest strength. If there is no
defined culture in an organization, one will develop its own without traits that you desire. By
choosing a organization culture it can become a strength for your organization, you build
expectations of a strong future among employees.

Question # 10

Does the culture support or hinder the change? For example?

Answer:
Bureaucratic structures often hinder in change however open culture supports change.

Question # 11

Is the corporate culture a strategic factor in terms of its impact on the long-term
performance of university or organization?

Answer:
Yes, I think corporate culture is a strategic factor in terms of its impact on the long-term
performance of an organization. Once the culture is set it gets very difficult to change it, so,
the organizations needs to create nice and strong culture so that it gives ultimate benefit in the
long-run to an organization.

Question # 12

If there anything about the culture that you would like to see changed? Why?

Answer:
In our organization, I do not want any change for now as it is doing great for our organization
and employees.
Answers of Muhammad Haroon
Question # 1

Does the culture convey a sense of identity for employees?

Answer:
Yes, the culture conveys a sense of identity for employees, because through culture you get to
know about the environment of the organization, dress code, how to interact within the
organization as well as outside the organization etc. and also one is identified outside of
organization by his behavior.

Question # 2

Does culture helps generate employee’s commitment to something greater than

themselves?

Answer:
Yes, in my opinion the culture helps generate employee’s commitment to something greater
than themselves

Question # 3

Does Culture adds to the stability of the organization as a social system?

Answer:
Most definitely yes, the culture does adds to the stability of the organization as a social
system.

Question # 4

Does Culture serves as a frame of reference for employees to use to make sense out of
organization’s activities and to use as a guide for appropriate behavior?

Answer:
Yes, I think culture serves as a frame of reference for employees to use to make sense out of
organization’s activities and use as guide for appropriate behavior.

Question # 5

Do administrators, secretaries, and faculty members agree on the culture?

Answer:
Basically, administrators, secretaries, and faculty members all of them create or define the
culture of an organization, so by looking it that way they agree on the culture.
Question # 6

Identify specific practices and programs used by organizations to facilitate socialization.

Is there a common culture?

Answer:
Yes, there is a common culture across the organization. The organization plans different
events for different departments of organizations and also for whole organization to socialize
to staff, to develop oneness, remove social distances and also learn from one another.

Question # 7

Describe the relationship between a society’s culture and an organization’s culture?

Answer:
There is a direct relation between the organization’s culture and society’s culture. The
organization’s culture will be almost as same as the culture of the society because the
organization is part of the society.

Question # 8

Your assessment of the overall value of the culture to the university or organization?

Answer:
In my assessment the organization is recognized and build up its name in the market if it has
a strong culture without culture there is discipline in the operations of organization, so culture
has a great value to the organization.

Question # 9

Is the culture a corporate strength or weakness? How?

Answer:
It depends on how well an organization has defined its culture. If the culture is stong and have
great values it will act as a strength and if the culture of an organization is week it will act as
weakness.

Question # 10

Does the culture support or hinder the change? For example?

Answer:
Bureaucratic structures often hinder in change however open culture supports change.
Question # 11

Is the corporate culture a strategic factor in terms of its impact on the long-term
performance of university or organization?

Answer:
Yes, I think corporate culture is a strategic factor in terms of its impact on the long-term
performance of an organization. Once the culture is set it gets very difficult to change it, so,
the organizations needs to create nice and strong culture so that it gives ultimate benefit in the
long-run to an organization.

Question # 12

If there anything about the culture that you would like to see changed? Why?

Answer:
In our organization, I do not want any change for now as it is doing great for our organization
and employees.