GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Individualism, Collectivism, David Packard

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Shavin Malhotra

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Culture - is a set of assumptions and values that are shared by a group of people and that guide that group of people interactions with each other. Values - are the stable core of culture. They are strong, unconscious emotions with a minus and a plus pole, like: evil-good, dangerous-safe, dirty clean. Organizational culture is the system of shared beliefs and vales that develop within an organization and guides the behavior of its members. Culture is firm"s personality; helps to distinguish it form others. When i come back next year i do not want to see that project in the lab david packard. Recent study by waterstone human capital ltd. and canadian business including in depth interviews with senior canadian executives at 107 companies. Motorola quality is their driving theme . Outcome orientation results more important than process. Founders: by acting as a role model. Drives employee behavior due to clear vision leading to high performance.