16 Managing Organization Culture

Target Skill

Organization Culture Skill: the ability to establish a set of shared values of organization members regarding the functioning and existence of their organization to enhance the probability of organizational success

Objectives

To help build my organization culture skill, when studying this chapter, I will attempt to acquire:

  1. An understanding of the term organization culture

  2. Knowledge about the functions of organization culture

  3. An appreciation for various types of cultures that can exist in organizations

  4. Thoughts about how to build a high-performance organization culture

  5. Tactics for keeping an organization culture alive and well

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