the structure and culture of the Organisation

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1.1 INTRODUCTION Organisational culture is a key issue in any organisation, according to Mats (2012), it is central in all dimension of an organisation. Culture focuses on values, beliefs and expectation that company members come to share (Joanne, 2002). Corporate culture receives attention most times; however, there is lack of deeper understanding of how organization functions in terms of culture (Mats 2012). Schein (1985) suggested the view of culture in three levels, from the shallow to deepest. The three levels were Artefacts (which is the most visible of the organisation’s culture), Values (great level of awareness) and finally Assumptions (the part of culture that is most ignored). Schein (2010), further explained culture as a pattern of basic that has worked well enough to be considered valid and therefore, to be taught to new members as the current way to perceive, think and feel in relation to these problems. In addition, Culture is hard to explain precisely as it is developed over a period of time, which has an impact on individuals and group behaviours and actions (Mullins and Laurie 2013). There are different views of culture; however, the two major ones are Managerial and social science views (Pia 2013). The managerial view sees culture as an object; they see culture as a tool of management, which can be manipulated to achieve performance. While the social science see culture as a metaphor; which is an awareness of diversity of cultural assumptions & values underpinning different behaviours. Mullins and Laurie(2013) explained that organizational culture is formed based on factors such as History behind the creation of company, Primary function and technology, leadership, environment and strategies. The report explo... ... middle of paper ... ...ke the Apple’s employees. Given the widespread of organizational influence, there are many reasons to be concerned about how and why Organizations function. The value of organizational behaviour is that it isolates important aspects of our daily interactions with people and offers specific perspectives on interrelation of the human context: people as Organizations (such as Apple Inc. in this case), people as resources, and people as people .In addition, all these lead to an ultimate goal of improved productivity; have people perform at full potential, and reward workers for performance. There is a general increase in the need for effective leadership in today’s Organizations. In order to better motivate, guide, and direct employee teams, leaders require specific skills and expertise in behavioural studies to change their environment and the organisation as a whole.

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