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HRIR 3042
Organization - chapter 16 slides
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Undergraduate 3
04/21/2008

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Term
Artifacts  
Definition

Stores/Legends

Rituals/Ceremonies

Organizational language

Physical Structure or decor 

Term
Shared Values
Definition

Conscious Beliefs

Evaluate what is good or bad, right or wrong 

Term
Shared Assumptions
Definition

Unconscious, taken for granted perceptions or beliefs

Mental models of ideals 

Term
Artifact: Stories and Legends
Definition
Social prescriptions of desired (undesired) behavior
Provides a realistic human side to expectations
Term
Most Effective Stories and Legends
Definition
Describe real people
Assumed to be true
Known throughout the organization
Are prescriptive
Term
Artifacts: Rituals, Ceremonies, and Language
Definition

Rituals: programmed routines

Ceremonies: planned activities for an audience

Language: words to address stakeholders, phrases and special vocabulary, also in subculture 

Term
Artifacts:  Physical Structures/Symbols
Definition
Building structure -- may shape and reflect culture

 

 

Office design conveys cultural meaning

 

Term
Organizational Subculture
Definition
Located throughout the organization
Can enhance or oppose (countercultures) firm’s dominant culture
Two functions of countercultures:
provide surveillance and critique, ethics
source of emerging values
Term
3 benefits of strong organizational culture
Definition

1. social control

2. Social glue

3. Improves Sense-Decision making 

Term
3 problems of strong cultures
Definition

1. may be misaligned with company

2. Have limiting mental models

3. may suppress dissenting viewpoints 

Term
Strengthening Organizational Culture
Definition

- Actions of founders and leaders

- Culturally consistent rewards

- Aligning artifacts

- Selecting and socializing employees 

Term
Socialization: Learning
Definition
Newcomers make sense of the organization’s physical, social, and strategic/cultural dynamics
Term
Socialization: Adjustment
Definition
Newcomers need to adapt to their new work environment
New work roles
New team norms
New corporate cultural values
Term
Stages of Socialization
Definition

Pre-Employment Stage

Encounter Stage

Role Management 

Term

Pre-Employment
Stage

Definition

-Outsider

- Gathering Information

- Forming psychological contract 

Term

Encounter
Stage

Definition
Newcomer

Testing
expectations
Term
Role management
Definition

- Insider

- Changing roles and behavior

- resolving conflicts 

Term
Realistic Job Previews
Definition
- A balance of positive and negative information about the job and work context
Term
Benefits of Realistic Job Previews
Definition
Less turnover, higher job performance
Less reality shock
Vaccination effect
Builds loyalty
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