ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND
CLIMATE

By:
M. Chakrapani (22017)
M. Vennela (22018)
Venkatesh (22020)
Niranjan Nahak (22021)
P. Sai Anusha (22022)
V. Aishwarya (22023)
P. Nithin Reddy (22024)
What is Organizational Culture?
• A system of meaning shared by the
organization’s members
• Cultural values are collective beliefs,
assumptions, and feelings about what
things are good, normal, rational, valuable,
etc.
Culture’s Overall Function
• Culture is the social glue that
helps hold an organization
together
by
providing
appropriate standards for
what employees should say
or do.
Elements of Organizational Culture
Artifacts
•
•
•
•

Stories/legends
Rituals/ceremonies
Organizational language
Physical structures/décor

Visible

Shared values
• Conscious beliefs
• Evaluate what is good or bad, right or
wrong

Invisible
(below the surface)
Shared assumptions
• Unconscious, taken-for-granted
perceptions or beliefs
• Mental models of ideals
Stories

Rituals

How Employees
Learn Culture/
How it is “reinforced”

Language

Material
Symbols
How Organizational
Cultures Form
Top
Management
Philosophy
of the
Organization’s
Founders

Organizational
Culture

Selection

Socialization
The Culture Iceberg: 90% hidden
Observable
symbols, ceremonies
, slogans, stories, dr
ess, physical
settings, decoration,
etc.

Values, beliefs,
norms, customs,
nonverbal behavior,
etc.

Shorter,
easier to
change
Level of
conscious
awareness

Long term,
difficult to
change
Do Organizations Have Uniform
Cultures
Dominant
Culture

Subcultures
Core
Values
Benefits of Strong Corporate Cultures
Social
Control

Strong
Organizational
Culture

Social
Glue

Improves
Sense-Making
Contingencies of Org Culture &
Performance
Strong organizational cultures do not always result in
higher organizational performance because:
1.

Culture content might be misaligned with the
organization’s environment.

2.

Strong cultures may focus on mental models that could
be limiting

3.

Strong cultures suppress dissenting values from
subcultures.
Adaptive Organizational Cultures
• External focus -- firm’s success depends on
continuous change
• Focus on processes more than goals
• Employees assume responsibility for org
performance
– They seek out opportunities

• Proactive and responsive
Strengthening Organizational Culture
Bicultural Audit
• Part of due diligence in merger

• Minimizes risk of cultural collision by diagnosing
companies before merger
• Three steps in bicultural audit:
1. Examine artifacts
2. Analyze data for cultural conflict/compatibility
3. Identify strategies and action plans to bridge cultures
Merging Organizational Cultures
Assimilation

Acquired company embraces acquiring
firm’s cultural values

Deculturation

Acquiring firm imposes its culture on
unwilling acquired firm

Integration

Cultures combined into a new composite
culture

Separation

Merging companies remain separate with
their own culture
Org. Culture Vs Org. Climate
• Culture refers to ideologies, values and norms
as reflected in stories and symbols. We would
look for clues to the culture, for example, in
accounts of the organizations founding.
• Climate, on the other hand, refers to the
psychological environment as reflected in
attitudes and perceptions.
Climate Debate
Organizational Climate is a relatively enduring quality of the

internal environment of an organization that
a- is experienced by its members
b- influences their behavior
c- can be described in terms of the values of a particular set
of characteristics of the organization
Elements of Climate
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Quality of Leadership
Amount of Trust
Communication, upward and downward
Feeling of useful work
Responsibility
Fair rewards
Reasonable job pressure
Opportunity
Reasonable controls, structure, and bureaucracy
Employee involvement, participation.
Climate Influences

Motivation

Performance

Satisfaction
Thank You

Organizational culture and climate

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    ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE By: M.Chakrapani (22017) M. Vennela (22018) Venkatesh (22020) Niranjan Nahak (22021) P. Sai Anusha (22022) V. Aishwarya (22023) P. Nithin Reddy (22024)
  • 2.
    What is OrganizationalCulture? • A system of meaning shared by the organization’s members • Cultural values are collective beliefs, assumptions, and feelings about what things are good, normal, rational, valuable, etc.
  • 3.
    Culture’s Overall Function •Culture is the social glue that helps hold an organization together by providing appropriate standards for what employees should say or do.
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    Elements of OrganizationalCulture Artifacts • • • • Stories/legends Rituals/ceremonies Organizational language Physical structures/décor Visible Shared values • Conscious beliefs • Evaluate what is good or bad, right or wrong Invisible (below the surface) Shared assumptions • Unconscious, taken-for-granted perceptions or beliefs • Mental models of ideals
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    Stories Rituals How Employees Learn Culture/ Howit is “reinforced” Language Material Symbols
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    How Organizational Cultures Form Top Management Philosophy ofthe Organization’s Founders Organizational Culture Selection Socialization
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    The Culture Iceberg:90% hidden Observable symbols, ceremonies , slogans, stories, dr ess, physical settings, decoration, etc. Values, beliefs, norms, customs, nonverbal behavior, etc. Shorter, easier to change Level of conscious awareness Long term, difficult to change
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    Do Organizations HaveUniform Cultures Dominant Culture Subcultures Core Values
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    Benefits of StrongCorporate Cultures Social Control Strong Organizational Culture Social Glue Improves Sense-Making
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    Contingencies of OrgCulture & Performance Strong organizational cultures do not always result in higher organizational performance because: 1. Culture content might be misaligned with the organization’s environment. 2. Strong cultures may focus on mental models that could be limiting 3. Strong cultures suppress dissenting values from subcultures.
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    Adaptive Organizational Cultures •External focus -- firm’s success depends on continuous change • Focus on processes more than goals • Employees assume responsibility for org performance – They seek out opportunities • Proactive and responsive
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    Bicultural Audit • Partof due diligence in merger • Minimizes risk of cultural collision by diagnosing companies before merger • Three steps in bicultural audit: 1. Examine artifacts 2. Analyze data for cultural conflict/compatibility 3. Identify strategies and action plans to bridge cultures
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    Merging Organizational Cultures Assimilation Acquiredcompany embraces acquiring firm’s cultural values Deculturation Acquiring firm imposes its culture on unwilling acquired firm Integration Cultures combined into a new composite culture Separation Merging companies remain separate with their own culture
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    Org. Culture VsOrg. Climate • Culture refers to ideologies, values and norms as reflected in stories and symbols. We would look for clues to the culture, for example, in accounts of the organizations founding. • Climate, on the other hand, refers to the psychological environment as reflected in attitudes and perceptions.
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    Climate Debate Organizational Climateis a relatively enduring quality of the internal environment of an organization that a- is experienced by its members b- influences their behavior c- can be described in terms of the values of a particular set of characteristics of the organization
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    Elements of Climate • • • • • • • • • • Qualityof Leadership Amount of Trust Communication, upward and downward Feeling of useful work Responsibility Fair rewards Reasonable job pressure Opportunity Reasonable controls, structure, and bureaucracy Employee involvement, participation.
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