Organizational Culture Analysis

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It is very important to the success of the company and the well-being of their employees that human resource professionals keep a close eye on the organizational culture of the company. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), organizational culture can be defined as the attitudes and beliefs that an organization has towards itself, its employees, and its consumers, as well as how the company functions due to their practices and policies. With this being said, organizational culture is basically the way an organization functions and is therefore a critical detail. Organizational culture can determine many aspects of the organization, from their policies and follow-through to the hiring process of employees. Regardless …show more content…

One factor likely to affect employee well-being, while not controllable by the organization, is triggers, or significant life events (McCoy, Newell, & Gardner, 2013). While there is no possible way for an organization to control the occurrence of these triggers, there are ways that an organization can be considerate of their employees’ lives outside of work to ensure that job satisfaction and well-being is not severely damaged. Through the practice of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSBs), organizations who allow supervisors to implement such behaviors can show understanding for their employees’ needs through individual flexible work schedules and family friendly policies (such as working from home) (Rofcanin, Las Heras, & Bakker, 2017). If an organization can show understanding that employees do have lives outside of work that will often influence their job performance and attitudes, then an employee’s well-being will not be severely impacted by these …show more content…

are rated as great places to work, however, they have different organizational cultures and ratings. USAA is a diverse, financial institution that provides banking, insurance, investing, and retirement to current and prior military and their families. Their employees gave USAA an overall rating of ninety-two percent as a great place to work. The organization provides employees with unique programs including employee education, annual and holiday bonuses, retirement savings plans, retirement plus, “Take Care of Your Health” program, wellness programs, free health screenings, convenient clinics and pharmacies, on-site massage and physical therapy, and free fitness centers (USAA, 2017). While this sounds like enough benefits to make anyone more than happy to work there, but those are not the only benefits. USAA also provides had compensation programs, health insurance, work-life balance programs and family care programs. On the other hand, Activision Blizzard is an immensely successful, diverse interactive entertainment company with a completely different set of special employee programs and an eighty-nine percent employee rating. Activision provides jobs for veterans, game development competitions, service awards, celebrations, along with paid health care, and family care programs (Activision Blizzard, Inc., 2017). While the Activision Blizzard organization appears to be a great place to work since it places a high value on employee

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