ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Author(s): Cătălin TîrtanSubject(s): Economy, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: Organizational; vision; mission; culture; performance; culture of forgiveness; leadership;
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the existing literature on relationships between an organization and its culture, processes and approaches, individual efforts of those involved from leaders to employee. The paper further argues that certain organizational cultural attributes contribute to the shaping of future courses of action, failure or not in achieving change, and considerate the goals and strategies of the business. Next, this article focuses on vision, values, and mission as core descriptive of an organization and the climate required for successful achievement of the mission statement and vision statement. Basically, organizational culture is the personality of the organization, and will drive the employee’s efficiency and company performance levels. Culture is comprised of the assumptions, values, norms and tangible signs (artifacts) of organization members and their behaviors, and leadership.
Journal: Defense Resources Management in the 21st Century
- Issue Year: 6/2011
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 61-67
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
