ADMS 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Organizational Culture, Jargon, Subculture

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2400
• Professor: Paul Kashiyama

Document Summary

Organizational culture the shared social knowledge within an organization regarding the rules, norms, and values that shapes the attitudes and behaviours of its employees. Culture components: observable artifacts aspects of an organization"s culture that employees and outsiders can easily see or talk about. Symbols the images an organization uses, which generally convey messages. Physical structures the organization"s buildings and internal office designs. Language the jargon, slang, and slogans used within an organization. Stories anecdotes, accounts, legends, and myths passed down from group to group within an organization. Rituals the weekly or monthly planned routines that occur in an organization. Ceremonies formal events generally performed in front of an audience of organizational members: espoused values the beliefs, philosophies, and norms that a company explicitly states, basic underlying assumptions the ingrained beliefs and philosophies of employees. One popular general typology divides organizational culture along 2 dimensions: solidarity and sociability.