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Teams and an Organization's Culture

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Teams are a product of a social system that can be representative of the organization's culture - what does this mean?

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This solution discusses the statement, "Teams are a product of a social system that can be representative of the organization's culture".

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Teams are formed within the company to accomplish tasks. Each person on the team has a job and an orientation to their job and their department as well as the company. Each has been oriented in the organizational culture. However, not all the people have the same positions and the same orientation in relation to the job.

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