Discussion Post 2
Corporate culture is important as it ensures long-term business success and overall health of the organization. Corporate culture should be the number one priority since culture acts as the life of an organization. For an organization to drive performance, succeed in the competitive market, and attract customers, there must be a strong corporate culture (Flamholtz & Randle, 2011). With a strong culture, employees increase emotional commitment and performance. The culture also promotes employees' well-being, physical and mental health, and more importantly, employees work together as a team toward achieving a common goal (Flamholtz & Randle, 2011). Another important thing is that managers should establish core values since the workforce operates under this guidance. With core values, employees will understand the mission, vision, and goals of the company. It is important for employees to understand the expected behaviors and activities so that they can develop mutual accountability, embrace change, and achieve the organization goals.
Conflict in the place of work is a common thing but failure to solve the conflict may lead to poor performance and a decline in productivity. It is very easy to solve the conflict and bring a just resolution if only the organizational members can recognize and understand the nature of the conflict (Flamholtz & Randle, 2011). To resolve the conflict, interpersonal skills and sharing feedback are essential in that these elements will enable the members to communicate about the issue, collaborate in solving the problem, and build relationships (Flamholtz & Randle, 2011). Thus, interpersonal skills and working as a team should be incorporated in both corporate culture and business culture in order to create a positive work environment and achieve the organization goals.
Discussion Post 1
Response
The discussion has important points about the corporate culture, and I agree with the points that corporate culture helps in conflict resolution, and it help managers select and recruit candidates who fit in the company culture. In addition, it is true that conflict is inevitable, but the corporate cultures can help solve the conflict by observing the core values such as respect, diversity, integrity and responsibility and their role in the corporate culture (Flamholtz & Randle, 2011). With the values, the members will be able to use a collaborative approach to resolve conflict, build a relationship and a positive work environment. In addition, applying the corporate culture in the hiring process will increase performance and productivity since managers will recruit candidates who fit in the corporate culture.
Discussion Post 2
Response
It is true that employees work well under a positive organizational climate and positive corporate culture since they feel valued and develop a sense of belonging. Corporate culture should be number one propriety since is the only path in which employees can increase performance, reduce stress, increase morale, work as a team, inspire creativity, solve problems, foster growth, develop a sense of loyalty and achieve job satisfaction (Flamholtz & Randle, 2011). For an organization to become more productive, managers should create a positive culture through creating vision, mission and core values.
Reference
Flamholtz, E., & Randle, Y. (2011). Corporate culture: The ultimate strategic asset. Stanford,
Calif: Stanford Business Books.
