Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Tacit Knowledge, Informal Sector, Ob River

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Stelian Medianu

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Organizational culture: the shared social knowledge within an organization regarding the rules, norms and values that share the attitudes and behaviours of employees. Tells employees what rules, norms and values are within the company. Observable artifacts: aspects of an organization"s culture that employees and outsiders can easily see or talk about. Supply the signals that employees interpret to gauge how they should act. Primary means of transmitting an oc to the workforce. Symbols: the images an organization uses which generally convey messages. Physical structures: the organizations buildings and internal of ce designs. Language: the jargon, slang and slogans used within an organization. Stories: anecdotes, accounts, legends and myths passed down from cohort to cohort within an. Rituals: the daily or weekly planned routines that occur in an organization. Ceremonies: formal events, generally performed in front of an audience of organizational members organization. The deepest and lease observable part of a culture.