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Agenda .
What is Organizational Climate?
What is organizational culture?
Why study organizational climate? How does it helps?
What are the elements of organizational climate?
Methods to understand organizational climate?
When to take up the study? Who should do it?
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What is Organizational Climate?
Refers to meaningful interpretations of a work environment by
the people in it
Are social relationships warm and caring?
Are people treated fairly for rewards/recognition?
Do people take pride in excellence?
Organizational Climate is often referred to as Corporate
Climate
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Factors that influence Organizational Climate
Involvement
Co-worker Cohesion
Supervisor Support
Autonomy
Task Orientation
Work Pressure
Clarity
Managerial Control
Innovation
Physical Comfort
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What is Culture?
The shared values, beliefs, and behavioral norms inan organization (Ouchi, 1981)
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What Is Organizational Culture?
Characteristics:
1. Innovation and risktaking
2. Attention to detail
3. Outcome orientation
4. People orientation
5. Team orientation
6. Aggressiveness
7. Stability
Organizational culture is a common perception held by the organizations
members; a system shared meaning
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Prentice Hall, 2001 Chapter 17 7
How Organizational
Cultures Form
Philosophyof the
OrganizationsFounders:
Ben & Jerry,Herb Kelleher,
Bill Gates
OrganizationalCulture
Selection
Top
Management
Socialization
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How Employees Learn Culture
Stories
Rituals
Material Symbols
Language
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Why study Organizational Climate?
1. To study employees sense of being well organized and of
having a clear definition of their roles and responsibilities.
2. To measure the feeling of pressure to improve performance
and the degree of pride employees have in doing a good job.3. To measure the employees sense of responsibility.
4. To measure the employees sense of belongingness to the
organization.
5. To measure the employees feeling of trust and mutualsupport with in work group.
6. To measure employees feelings of being recognized.
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How does the of study organizational
climate helps?
Gives perception by the employees of whatthe org procedures, policies
Gives a status of the existing systems and
procedures and the direction to go forward.
It helps in decision-making for the
organization in future.
It helps org in getting feedback from theemployees.
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SIX ELEMENTS OF WORK
Flexibility how free the employees are to innovate
Responsibility degree to which the employees feelfree to work without asking for the permission andguidance from the managerStandards the sign the organization emphasizes theexcellence, that the goals for the employees are reallyhigh but attainable
Rewards the employees have to receive regularfeedback and that they are rewarded accordinglyClarity the employees know, what is expected fromthem and how their efforts relate to the organizationalgoalsTeam Commitment the employees have to know
they belong to the winning team or the winningorganization and that all of the employees worktowards the same goals or objectives.
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Methods to understand organizational climate?
To understand organizational climate one can
use :
1. A structured questioner
2. Structured and unstructured interviews
3. Feedback.
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When to take up the study?
Conducting a study depends on company's
policy, with changes in business environment
it can be conducted yearly once or once in 2
years.
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Who should do it?
Hr departments in collaboration with other
departments with in the organization
Authorized External consultants
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