Overview of Topic

1. Org. Culture
Overview
What is organizational culture?

2. Organizational
Culture
Definitions
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3. Organizational Culture
A common perception held by the
organization’s members; a system of shared
meaning
Dominant Culture
 Expresses the core values that are shared by a
majority of the organization’s members
Subcultures
 Mini-cultures within an organization, typically
defined by department designations and geographical
separation

4. Org. Culture
How It Begins

5. Organizational Culture: How It Begins
Stems from the actions of the founders:
 Founders hire & keep only employees who think &
feel the same way they do
 Founders indoctrinate and socialize these
employees to their way of thinking & feeling
 The founders’ own behavior acts as a role model
that encourages employees to identify with them &
thereby internalize their beliefs, values, &
assumptions

6. Stages In
Socialization
Process
 Prearrival
 The period of learning prior to a new employee joining the
organization
 Encounter
 When the new employee sees what the organization is really like &
confronts the possibility that expectations & reality may diverge
 Metamorphosis
 When the new employee changes & adjusts to the work, work group, &
organization
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7. Mission Statements
o Why the organization exists
o It is broad; visionary
o Answers: What is supposed to happen for whom because of what
we do?
o Examples:
– Google: To organize the world's information & make it
universally accessible & useful.
– Alzheimer’s Assoc.: To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through
the advance of research; to provide care & support for all
affected; & to reduce the risk of dementia through the
promotion of brain health.
– VA: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who
shall have borne the battle, & for his widow, & his orphan” by
serving & honoring the men & women who are America’s Veterans.

8. Funding Options
Grants: come with stipulations; require grant reporting with
outcomes
Bootstrapping: use your own money
Friends/Family: make it clear they may not get their $ back
Crowdfunding: a wider pool of small investors with few
restrictions; ideal in the early stages of a business—
especially if you don’t qualify for a bank loan, aren’t ready
for angel funding
Debt Financing:
 Bank Loan/Credit Line
Equity Financing:
 Angel Investor (once business is established; expect solid
results)

9. - Richard Perrin
Organizational culture is the
sum of values and rituals, which
serve as ‘glue’ to integrate the
members of the organization.”
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10. Now what do I do?
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