Organizational Culture and Behavior
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I need help writing a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you explain the following key concepts and terminology:
Organizational culture
Organizational behavior
Diversity
Communication
Describe each concept's observable aspects.
Provide a brief analysis of the culture and behavior of your organization or an organization with which you are familiar.
Cite your references. If you used an electronic source, include the link.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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I. Organizational Culture
“An organizational culture is the internal environment of an organization including the shared beliefs and values that influence the behavior of organizational members” (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2005). What are some of the observable characteristics of the culture of an organization? Such recognizable aspects include the stories, rituals, and other symbols that talk about the organization’s culture and operations, e.g., heroic organizational accomplishments, standardized activities done to influence members, and other rituals and cultural symbols that transmit cultural meaning. Other observable aspects are the rules and roles that culture specifies such as the many types of appropriate actions (rules) and the status of its members in the social system (roles). The organization and its members have a common shared meaning and cultural aspects and perceptions that others outside of the organization may not see (Schermerhorn, et. al., 2004).
II. Organizational Behavior
BusinessDictionary.com defines organizational behavior as the “actions and attitudes of individuals and groups toward one another and towards the organization as a whole, and its effect on the organization’s functioning and performance” (BusinessDictionary.com). One notices the observable aspects of organizational behavior with the way employees greet each other in the workplace, the way they smile and talk to each other, the way they react to their superiors, the way they talk and feel about the organization, the way they uphold ethical standards, the way they carry out their responsibilities, and many more. These actions and attitudes are some of the observable aspects of organizational behavior which are parts of the composition of organizational culture.
III. Diversity
Organizational diversity is the term used to describe the differences in the human ...
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