Modern Management: concepts and skills, 14/e

Fundamentals of Organization Culture

This first section is an introduction to the concept of organization culture. Major topics in this section focus on defining organization culture and discussing the importance of organization culture. Overall, this section explains what organization culture is and indicates why managing organization culture is a critical component of a manager’s job.

Defining Organization Culture

Organization culture is a set of values that organization members share regarding the functioning and existence of their organization. The actual characteristics of a particular culture are often difficult to define. Even employees in the same organization may describe their culture differently. In part, these different descriptions ...