Organizational culture entails a group of shared behavior, beliefs, and values that are developed and maintained by the organizational management and are carried forth by the staff. According to Woodside (2016) culture in an organizational knowledge management strategy that provides a unique psychological and social environment from other organizations.Primarily,organizational culture is represented by the management style, collective principles, and values of the employees, national culture, vision, norms,language,system and symbols that represent the organization.
A study by Mello (2015) indicates that organizational culture is critical in influencing the way employees interact with one another at the workplace. An entity that has a healthy culture encourages healthy competition among the employees. Also, culture has an important role in enhancing loyalty, commitment and teamwork thus improving productivity.
Organization culture is also important in the development of a paradigm with which the organization interacts with the customers. Also, the brand image of an organization is determined by the culture (Mona 2016). For instance, Google is known for its culture of innovation whereby the employees are given some time to work on their individual projects so as to enhance innovation. Also, the organization is known for its culture of recruiting the best engineers in the work and mentoring them into leadership (Lambardo 2016).
Every organization has a set of rules and guidelines that govern the work of the employees and the engagement between the employee and the management. Keyton (2011) portends that the organization can use culture to make the employees aware of their responsibilities and how to best accomplish their tasks.
Talent management and employees turnover has become an issue of concern to many organizations. However, organizational culture is important in restoring stability when a dependable employee leaves the organization. This strategy is important in enhancing continuity (Lowe 2016).
It is imperative for the organization to develop structures that ensure that every new employee is informed about the culture of the organization during orientation. Training, workshops and team building are also important techniques of making the employees’ conscious of the organizational culture.
Conclusion
Organizations culture and business strategy are closely linked. Culture is important in influencing the interaction between the employees and creating the image of the organization. Besides, culture is critical in enhancing continuity if a dependable staff leaves the organization.
References
Keyton, J. (2011).Communication and organizational culture; A key to understanding work experience.New York: SAGE.
Lambardo, J. (2015).Google’s HRM: Recruitment, selection, and retention. Accessed on August 22 2016 from http://panmore.com/google-hrm-recruitment-selection-retention
Lowe, K. (2016).The importance of culture in organizations.Accessed on August 22 2016 from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-culture-organizations-22203.html
Mello, J. (2015). Strategic human resources management. New York: Cengage Learning.
Mona, B.C. (2016). Organizational design for knowledge management. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Woodside, A.G. (2010).Organizational culture, business-to-business relationships, and interfirm networks.London:Emerald Group Publishing.
