Organizational Culture Analysis

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Evaluating the Culture of our I.T Organization using Competing Values Framework Model. INTRODUCTION Organizational Culture is defined as what is valued that is inclusive of language and symbols, processes and procedures, leadership styles and defining a factor of success that characterizes an organization. It is said to represent values, assumptions, memories, and expectations present in an organization. (Schein,1992; Cameron & Quinn, 1999). Organizational Culture’s roles are to shape behavior and attitude of employees, develop uncontrolled rules that keep the organization together as a social glue. To provide a sense of belonging and identity to the employees. Organization Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) was developed by Cameron and…show more content…
The results of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) will be used to assist us to identify issues within the cultures and how each of those can be used to implement changes pertaining to Leadership Style, Organizational characteristics, Management of Employees, Emphasis on Strategy, Organization Glue and Success criteria in the IT organization. “Uplifting connections associated with interpersonal interactions boost personal physiological health, emotional well-being and work Performance” (Cameron,2010, p.1) The current and preferred dominating cultures will be discussed and evaluated…show more content…
Few random I.T employees were selected to complete the questionnaire at their own time and discretion. This was done for the NOW (the culture in place presently) and the PREFERRED which is what employees would like the culture to be. Their data was collected and summarized into the scoring sheet and the results were then averaged refer to Table 2. For the NOW and PREFERRED culture groups, the scores were then plotted on the CVP Plotting Graph refer to Figure1. RESULTS DOMINANT CULTURE – NOW SITUATION Based on the results obtained in Figure 1 The NOW indicates that the IT Department Culture is more Hierarchy dominated as it has the highest average of 64.17. This proves that there is more respect for position and power. The IT results indicate the below: Table.1 Dominant organizational characteristics • They are structured and Controlled. • Policies, Processes, and procedures are well-defined Leadership Style • Keep a very close at everything • They are coordinating, organizing, efficiently oriented. Management of Employees • They always expect
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