Organizational Culture

• Steps in Assessing the New Culture:

  1. Needs Assessment
  2. Determining Executive Direction
  3. Implementing Considerations
  4. Training
  5. Evaluation of New Culture
• Shared values, beliefs, and traditions that exist among individuals in organizations
• Organizational Socialization – process whereby new employees learn the behaviors and attitudes they need to be successful in the organization
• Rituals – procedures in which employees participate to become “one of the gang”
• Symbols – communication tools that convey certain messages to employees