Key Concept Exercise Week 6 Samuel Ohwesi Christin

Key Concept Exercise Week 6Samuel OhwesiChristina Gibson Laureate Education (2011), refer to Organisational Culture as Consistence practices, similar views after years of working together as a team. Culture as defined by webster dictionary, “a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organisation (such as a business)”. Hagget (1975:238) defines culture as a description of patterns of behaviour that form a durable template by which ideas and images can be transferred from one generation to another. Mead & Andrews (2009:80), constructed organisational culture is a product of structures, systems, and regulations, planned and imposed by management. The management works towards the building of values that suit the organisational goals.This automatically clarifies that it is normal for organisations to behave or make decisions in a “Particular Way”, the question now is if this “particular way” is productive. If the “Particular Way” is productive, then I suggest the organisation continue, if not, then there will need to change. As you know nothing good last forever if there is no element of change or management or strategy.On the point of change, Dasteel, J. (2010), based on their acquisition strategy; one in 3 employees is