10.2d - Influences on Culture Flashcards
1
Q
What are the influences on a culture of a business?
A
- Symbols and titles (pay scales, location of manager offices etc)
- Power relations
- Organisational structure
- Control systems (quality systems, pay and reward systems)
- Rituals and routines
- Myths and stories
- Nature of market
- Size
2
Q
Power structure definition
A
The interrelationship between individuals or groups who take decisions about how an organisation’s resources are allocated
3
Q
Disadvantages of changing culture:
A
- Employees may resist
- Means changing attitudes and behaviour of staff (deeper than something like pricing structure)
- Expensive (office layout, training)
- HR have to change recruitment and payment and reward systems
