Business Culture
- Created by: Jess
- Created on: 01-12-12 17:00
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- Business Culture
- Culture
- The personality of an organisation
- A set of shared values and beliefs
- Types of Culture
- task culture
- power is given to those with expertise
- team working is common
- role culture
- decisions made through well established procedures
- e.g. civil servants
- dynamic culture
- constantly making new decisions and going into new markets
- Power culture
- central source of power - one person.
- tend to be smaller firms
- task culture
- A businesses culture is heavily influenced by:
- type of industry
- management style
- Benefits of a strong culture
- easier to recruit people
- sense of identity for staff
- more loyal
- feel part of a business
- more flexible
- good team work
- motivation
- customers benefit too
- motivation
- shared goals
- good communication
- Drawbacks of a strong culture
- can put off potential/some customers
- can be difficult to remove a perception of culture
- police is known for being racist and sexist
- often linked to management style
- resistance to change
- slow to react
- may alienate new staff members
- make it hard to settle
- Culture
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