“Proper management of the work lives of human beings, of the way in which they earn their living, can improve the world and in this sense be a utopian or revolutionary technique.”  
                                                                -Abraham Maslow    


Culture is the collective manner in which an organization conducts itself.
   
    It is built on the values and vision of its leaders – from the founder on.
   
    It is reflected by the organization’s mission, its behaviors that are
    expected or implicitly required, organizational design, processes,
    practices, rituals, mannerisms, work methods, work environment, and
    reward systems.

Culture controls decision making, group dynamics, communication, and employees’ development, satisfaction, and involvement. It determines the effectiveness of the organizations and, ultimately, its performance.  

Three types of organizational culture                          

Constructive

    Employees interact openly with each other, support each other’s drives
    to do well in parallel with the organization’s growth, are self-actualizing,
    achievement oriented, and humanistic-encouraging.

Passive-defensive

    Employees interact in ways that do not threaten their security, think and
    behave in conventional ways, seek approval, depend on others for
    direction, and avoid constructive challenges and decision-making.

Aggressive-defensive

    Employees approach tasks in forceful ways, defending their status and
    job security, and are highly oppositional, power-oriented, internally
    competitive, and too perfectionist.  

While an organization may predominantly display one cultural type, certainly all organizations show manifestations of normative beliefs and behaviors from the others. This phenomenon is found in subcultures – functional, hierarchical, occupational, geographical, age, and tenure.  

Organizational Effectiveness  

Long-range studies have proven that constructive cultures far outperform defensive cultures in revenues, net income, workforce growth, and stock prices.  

Through the use thoroughly researched, academically based surveys which have been normed over many years across a wide range of industries, we help organizations assess and measure their cultures – and to put into place long-range initiatives to increase their organizational effectiveness.  

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