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Subcultures in organizations

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We may know a bit about the culture of an organization by observing it but what about the company's subcultures? Can you give some examples of a subculture that you might find in a manufacturing type of organization? How about a stock brokerage?? Can there be multiple subcultures? Are they good for an organization? Or bad?

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A discussion on how subcultures affect an organization. The discussion includes a blue collar and white collar environment. Discussion on if the subcultures are good or bad or an organization and how they affect it.

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Subcultures are prevalent in all organizations, depending on the interests and lifestyles of the workers. In manufacturing you may have a union subculture or a subculture that plays sports together, bowling or softball or tag football. Subcultures of people who do specific jobs or ...

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