MSCI211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sensemaking, Pressure Cooking, Powder Horn

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Management Sciences
• Course: MSCI211
• Professor: Clifford Blake

Document Summary

Organizational culture: pattern of shared values, beliefs, and assumptions => appropriate way to act within an organization. Strongly influences behaviour (defines what"s appropriate and what isn"t) Culture"s functions: boundary-defining, conveys a sense of identity for organization members, facilitates commitment to something larger than one"s individual self-interest, social glue that helps hold an organisation together, serves as a sense-making and control mechanism. Creating and sustaining culture: selection- identify and hire individuals who will fit in with the culture, top management -senior executives establish and communicate the norms of the organization, socialization- organizations need to teach the culture to new employees. Networked culture- process good social skills and like to forge close work friendship, thrive in a relaxed atmosphere. Mercenary culture- very goal directed, thrive on competition, clearly structured work task. Fragmented culture- independent, low need to be apart of a group, analytic more than intuitive. Communal culture- strong way to identify with something larger than yourself and enjoy working with teams.