Organizational culture

Organizational culture is very central to organizations because it can serve as the strongest asset or largest liability. This is because firms that have strong cultures that cannot be imitated enjoy a competitive edge and this serves as a business strategy for them. Research has continually related a firm’s organizational culture to its performance in terms of various success indicators like sales volume, stock prices and market share (Saylor Academy, n.d). Firms ensure that their culture is matches its environmental demands. To confirm words Lew Gerstner, changing the organizational culture is one of the biggest challenges that a company can face. Getting people to collaborate in changing behavior face a lot of resistance from within. The culture is ingrained in the DNA of the firms there for any effort to introduce culture make people very uncomfortable. Changing the culture of a firm should include various steps that consist of communication to the employees about the need for the change developing a sense of urgency. Introducing a new culture can involve changing management and other major players of the firm. This makes it possible for a change to be made at the highest places.  Managers can also be role models by embracing changes thus serving as an example to others (Saylor Academy, n.d).

For a firm to be listed among the best performers, it means that their culture aligns to the goals and objectives of the firm thus acting as a driving force (John, 2015). There have been many scandals arising from the violation of ethical codes of major companies and such incidences happen over a period. This has seen such scandals arise in cycles where a period of silent is followed by cases of far reaching scandals.  Overtime, I have come across ethical code violation among individuals who want to use shortcuts in serving personal interests especially in public offices.

References

John,B.(2015). Motivation, Productivity and Change Management. Research Starters: Business. 1-6

Saylor Academy(n.d). Introduction to Principles of Management. Retrieved from: Saylor URL:

http://www.saylor.org/courses/bus208