Ethical, Social and Legal Issues in Organizational Culture

This paper examines two different but related concepts that are part of modern organization. Organizations operate with societies and are by virtue of their existence expected to be morally right, correct and defined. The paper examines organizational culture and four outlooks on culture and performance to demonstrate their interaction. It then looks at the organizational behaviour. Definition of terms Organizational culture Giberson et al (2009) define organizational culture as a collective phenomenon emerging from organizations' members' beliefs and social interactions, containing shared values, mutual understandings, patterns of beliefs and behaviours that tie individuals in an organization together over time. The beliefs and assumptions that are considered valid or effective are passed down through the organization and taught to new members as the way they should perceive, feel and act in the organization. It guides how things are done in an organization and indicates what should be important to the employees. It helps explain what happens in organizations since the behaviours within the company should be consistent (O'Donnell and Boyle, 2008). Organizational Behaviour Organizational behaviour is the study about how people feel, think and act in an organization and consequently how they are affected by the activities within the organization (Thomson, 2005). It is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behaviour within organization. It is the study and application of knowledge about how people act within organizations. It applies broadly to the behaviour of people in all types of organizations, such as business, government, schools and services organizations. OB covers three determinants of behaviour in organizations: individuals, groups, and structure.

Understanding the dynamism of organizational culture and its relationship to employee performance is very crucial to organizational strategic objectives. The primary aim of this paper is to assessthe impact of organizational culture on employee performance. Literature review and library research are adopted to assess how the culture of an organization impacts upon processes, employees and systems in an organization. The performance management system has been measured by balanced scorecard and by understanding the nature and ability of systems of culture of an organization.Certain dimensions of culture have been identified so far and research findings indicate that value and norms of an organization are based upon employee relationship. The goal of an organization is to increase level of performance by designing strategies. Introduction Organizational development has certain factors that improve sustainability on basis of effectiveness. The improvement in productivity leads to employ...

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2022

This study aims to find the significant link between corporate culture and performance. They are being studied. Studies have confirmed a clear connection between the two by individual researchers. The study's primary goal is to determine and quantify the vital link between organizational culture and performance. Literature reviews are used to approach the "impact of an organization's culture on processes, people, and systems. Certain aspects of culture According to previously identified surveys, the values and norms of an organization are based on its people relationship. The goal of the organization is to raise the bar of performance through the development of strategies."

2018

The purpose of any organization is to enhance level of performance by designing different strategies which would help employees achieve high level of performance. This study tried to make an assessment on the impact of organizational culture on employee job performance by going through detailed reviews of previous researches. Literature review was used to conduct the study; hence, detail reviews of relevant literatures were made. The findings of this study revealed conclusive evidence in the sense that the reviewed literatures all indicated organizational culture as having very important effect on employee job performance. It was also identified that organizational culture determines the productivity level of organizations. Certain dimension of cultures actually identified to affect employee performance in particular ways in the sense that strong culture of an organization helps in improving level of employee performance more than others. Managers relate organizational culture...

International Journal of Commerce and Management, 2014

The idea for writing this piece of study is to analyze the overall impact of organizational culture directly or indirectly on employee's job performance.To find the influence of organizational culture on employee performance within software houses working in Pakistan. This is a survey based research study. Primary and secondary data were used in this study. Primary data was gathered via questionnaire and formal & informal interview. Customer service, employee participation, reward system, innovation & risk-taking and communication system, are considered variables for this study. Sample size is (n=110) therefore, descriptive statics, correlation and regression analysis have been used. The overall results support that culture of organizations has the significant positive impact on employee's job performance at selected software houses in Pakistan. Employee's participation is a most important factor for achieving organizational goals.This study fulfils an acknowledged necessitate learning the impact of culture on the employee's job performance of the software industry in Pakistan.

Objective: This paper focuses on diverse parameters of organizational culture so as to determine and understand the culture of an organization effectively. The parameters are the key to recognize the employee’s mindset towards the organization and the various key factors that are driving the culture of the organization. Moreover it also provides insights on the impact of various parameters on the employee’s performance. Design/methodology/approach: A structured questionnaire is used for the purpose of research. It was divided into the various parameters of organizational culture so as to analyze its impact on the employee’s performance and satisfaction Findings: The paper reflects that the parameters of organizational culture has a major impact on the performance of employees. The organizational culture is a very important aspect of a successful organization. It affects the organizations productivity, efficiency and performance. A strong culture helps in retaining employees and it strengthens the company’s brand. Research limitations: The study is limited only to a certain group of employees Implications: The paper will show direction to the top management of organizations regarding the importance of diverse parameters of organizational culture such that it will impact the performance of employees so as to sustain in the current dynamic competitive era. Originality/value: Marking out the parameters of organizational culture where the management need to work so that the productivity of employees increases.

Aim of the study: The relationship between organizational culture and performance has been study and a clear link between them has been identified by certain researcher's research. The main aim of research article is to identify and measure strong relationship between performance and organizational culture. Methodology: Literature review is adopted as methodology to assess the culture of an organization impacts upon process, employees and systems. Findings: Certain dimensions of culture have been identified so far and research shows that value and norms of an organization were based upon employee relationship. The goal of an organization is to increase level of performance by designing strategies. The performance management system has been measured by balance scorecard and by understanding nature and ability of system culture of an organization have been identified. Recommendation: The strong culture of an organization based upon managers and leaders help in improving level of performance. Managers relate organization performance and culture to each other as they help in providing competitive advantage to firms.

American Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 2017

The study attempts to examine the effect of organizational culture on employee performance and its evaluation has been identified by certain researcher's research. The main aim of research article is to identify and determine strong relationship between organizational culture and employee performance. Literature review is adopted as methodology to review the culture of an organization upon employee performance. The owners and top management of an organization generally tends to have a large impact on establishing a culture. The Organization's culture results from the interaction between the top management's assumptions and shared visions of cultural values and human behavior and what the employees of the organization learn from their own experiences. Managers relate organizational culture and employee performance to each other as they help in providing competitive advantage to the organizations. Hence Organizational culture plays a vital role in enhancing employee performance. Organizational culture must be binding on all members and employees of the organization as this will encourage uniformity among members of the organization and this enhance commitment, group efficiency and overall performance of employees.

2016

This present study was an effort to explore the impact of organization culture on employee’s performance. The objectives of study were to determine the relationship between organizational culture and employee’s performance, to find out the gender based differences regarding employee’s performance and to find out the gender based differences regarding organizational culture. Role based performance and organizational culture questionnaires were used. The 20 items questionnaire relating employee’s performance and 17 items concerning organizational culture were used to collect the data for study. Sample of 60 employees were taken from different organizations. Mean, standard deviation, t-test and Pearson correlation were used for statistical analysis. The findings indicates that there is positive relationship between employees performance and organizational culture and also indicates that there is no significant difference in responses between gender of employees regarding organizational...

Esta herramienta es imprescindible en el mundo empresarial y comercial, guarda relación con todas las profesiones, y es el punto de partida de cualquier análisis económico La microeconomía es la disciplina que se encarga de estudiar el comportamiento económico de las pequeñas unidades de decisión, entendiendo a éstas como empresas, hogares e individuos. El objetivo fundamental, se centra en el análisis del comportamiento de estas unidades y su interacción con los mercados (consumidores, inversionistas, trabajadores). Para el estudio de estos fenómenos, la microeconomía se vale de modelos formales, que explican las decisiones de productores y consumidores, partiendo de supuestos, hasta llegar a conclusiones a través de métodos deductivos.