Organizational Culture
                              Questions for Consideration
                           Questions for Consideration
          • What is organizational culture?
          • When is organizational culture functional? 
             Dysfunctional?
          • How do employees learn about the culture of 
             their organization?
                    Chapter 10, Stephen P. Robbins and Nancy Langton, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Second Canadian Edition.
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                       Organizational Culture
                             Leadership
                               Strategy
                    Vision     Values    People
                             Work Process
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                     Organizational Culture
          • The pattern of shared values, beliefs and 
             assumptions considered to be the 
             appropriate way to think and act within 
             an organization.
                    Chapter 10, Stephen P. Robbins and Nancy Langton, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Second Canadian Edition.
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                     Exhibit 10-1 Layers of 
                                         Culture
                    Chapter 10, Stephen P. Robbins and Nancy Langton, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Second Canadian Edition.
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                           Characteristics of 
                     Organizational Culture
          • Innovation and risk-taking
          • Attention to detail
          • Outcome orientation
          • People orientation
          • Team orientation
          • Aggressiveness
          • Stability
                    Chapter 10, Stephen P. Robbins and Nancy Langton, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Second Canadian Edition.
                    Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education Canada Inc.