ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE L – 9

Organization culture can define as characteristic and tangible personality originated within the organization. It can be consciously designed and leveraged. This effects the morale and employee engagement and it governs revenue rates and impact on organization performance and the profitability.

In a recent article in Harvard Business review the author emphasize that Organizational culture is the collective effect of the common beliefs, behaviors and values of the people within a company. Those factors in any organization adjust employee performance, how they serve the customers, how they co-operate with each other, are they motivated to achieve the goals and if they aware of the company mission How are employees getting their work done? Independently or collaboratively? Do employees feel inspired, committed and engaged or annoyed, overworked and underappreciated? (Groysberg, Lee, price and Cheng,2018)

CHALLENGERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

1.Maintaning organizational culture – One of the major challenge in any company is maintaining its culture, It’s our own actions and behaviors which may reflect the company culture and it is vital that it remains a unifying component.

2.Underpinning it at all times – Organizational culture must be frequently represented throughout the company. Our vales, ethics and also general work must be presented and consistent every day. Should avoid adapting the organizational culture for any given situation.

3.Involve all team members – The organizational culture must involve all the employees. It can be developed and built from your team rather having it enforced them by management. Culture need to be integrated in a natural way where everyone must feel that they are part of the process. It is essential that everyone is moving in the same direction to be a successful business all the members must feel involved and embrace the organizational life style.

5 WAYS TO EMBED THE SUSTAINABILITY IN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

1.Foster Commitment 

2. Measure performance

3.Ensure workforce engagement, Development and safety

4.Adopt a diversity and inclusion strategy

5.Build professional resilience.

REFERENCES

Organizational culture: Definitions and trends article by Michael Morcos

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329140215_ORGANISATIONAL_CULTURE_DEFINITIONS_AND_TRENDS

Organizational culture: What is it and what are the challengers by Cindy Boisvert

https://atmanco.com/blog/working-environment/organizational-culture-challenges/

https://safety4sea.com/cm-organizational-culture-vitally-important-for-sustainable-shipping/