Company Culture Flashcards
(19 cards)
What is Beattie’s definition of company culture?
The way we do things around here
What are Deal and Kennedy’s determents of culture?
- Size
- Strategy
- Location
- Management & leadership
What type of culture does Chatroux have with Barfuss?
Process culture: A lot of discussion, kind of to cover your back when decision-making
What did Chatman and Cha come up with ?
How to have/create a sustainable culture
Who came up with the definition of company culture?
Beattie
What type of culture did Chatroux have with Legris?
Tough - guy macho: speed, pressure, burnout - (his illness)
Why might it be suggested that Barfuss does not understand Chatroux’s company culture?
- Staff at Chatroux are committed, as many have seemingly worked there for a long time, and are very loyal due to the security they get.
- Introducing elements of Performance Related Pay could be culture blind as it may not improve performance and could be received negatively by staff
- Their business is all about quality! (Sub-culture; going in wrong direction?)
Who came up with the determinants of culture?
Deal and Kennedy
Why is it important to understand culture?
- Expected standards
- Behaviour
- Managing future events
What is needed to create/have a sustainable culture?
- Strategically relevant culture
- Strong
- Adaptable
Who came up with Role culture?
Handy
What are Linear-Active workers?
- Task orientated and organised
- Have faith in rules
- Direct discussion is preferred
- Straightforward
Goldsmith and Clutterbuck came up with?
The purpose of culture
What can subcultures undermine?
Official values, and can giver undesirable outcomes and inappropriate decisions
How do Goffe and Jones characterise company culture?
- Communal: Sociable but focused - Legris
- Mercenary: High level focus on task and effort - Barfuss
What is Goldsmith and Clutterbuck’s purpose of culture?
The development and spread of a core cause, that establishes the cultural identity
- Decrease ambiguity or uncertainty in decision making
- Make communications & cooperation easier
What type of culture was Chatroux with Legris accord got Goffe and Jones?
Communal: Sociable but focused
Describe Legris strong .v. weak culture?
Strong: core values widely held, behavioural control, my inhibit flexibility
Weak: Less visible commitment, less control, more adaptable
What is Handy’s role culture/greek temple?
- Company rests on key pillars
- Role definiton
- Bureaucracy
- Security
- Mechanistic
