WHAT IS ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE

ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE

The culture of an organisation is an amalgamation of the values and beliefs of the people in an organisation. It can be felt in the implicit rules and expectations of behaviour in an organisation where, even though the rules are not formally written down employees know what is expected of them. It is usually set by management whose decisions on policy usually set up the culture of the organisation. The organisational culture usually has values and beliefs that support the organisational goals.

Values and Beliefs which support Organisational Goals.

The culture of the organisation, if it is positive and helpful can help to motivate staff or at least prevent them from becoming dissatisfied. At I.B.M. the attitude of management to their employees is an attraction to prospective staff and would probably help maintain the staff that they have. If the climate does not satisfy the needs of staff, then it will probably become a demotivator, - that is that it would cause dissatisfaction and so people would become less inclined to want to work towards the organisational goals.