Author: Othman Abdulaziz, BSc Commerce and Marketing.
Being the target of much debate, organizational culture has occupied a prominent position in multidisciplinary publications since the early 1980s and yes organizational culture does exist, although it may seem simplistic, it took years of research and theory to conclude that organizational culture exists.
Firstly what is organizational culture:
An organization’s culture defines the proper way to behave within the organization which consists of shared beliefs and values established by leaders and then communicated and reinforced through various methods ultimately shaping employee perceptions, behaviours and understanding.
A core tenet regarding organizational culture is the group nature of the concept that has been used to properly distinguish organizational culture from other similar constructs and to differentiate methods from previous work in organizational climate. Ultimately organisational culture is enforced as we to maintain a structural and healthy work balance within an organisation to promote communication from different channels within an environment.
