MANA 298 Lecture Notes - Organizational Culture, Human Resources
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Culture is about how a firm organises itself; rules, procedures and beliefs make up the culture of a company. Culture may be defined as: the sum total of the beliefs, knowledge, attitudes of mind and customs to which people are exposed in their social conditioning. Through contact with a particular culture, individuals learn a language, acquire values and learn habits of behaviour and thought. organisational culture. Decisions are made by one or a small number of people. Power cultures are usually found within small organisations or a section/department belonging to a large organisation. This is because it would be difficult to run a large organisation where only a small number of people were allowed to make decisions. In a power culture organisation, decisions can be made quickly as there is little consultation. The success of a power culture firm will depend on the strength of the decisions made by its decision makers. (ii)
