Summary
Summary Coming to Awareness of a New Organizational Culture, Edgar Schein - People in Business and Society
- Course
- Institution
Edgar Schein's model to how an organization should approach it's culture.
[Show more]
Seller
Follow
sydneystraver
Reviews received
Content preview
Coming to a new awareness of organization cultureSchein, E.H.
Kluckhohn and Strodsbeck note that Western culture tens to be oriented towards an active mastery
of nature, and is based on individualistic competitive relationships. It uses a future-oriented, linear,
monochromic concept of time, vies space and ultimately perfectible. Bases reality or ultimate truth
on science and pragmatism.
In contrast, some Eastern cultures are passively oriented towards nature. They seek to harmonise
with nature and with each other. They vies the group as more important than the individual, are
present of past oriented, see time as polychromic and cyclical, view space and resources as very
limited, assume that human nature is bad but improvable, and see reality as based more on
revealed truth than on empirical extermination.
A Given Group
A group needs to meet certain criteria to develop an own culture:
1. The group is a set of people who have been together long enough to have shared
significant problems.
2. They have had opportunities to solve these problems and to observe the effects of their
solutions.
3. The have taken in new members (proof that the culture is stable, and the solutions are
valid).
The strength of such a culture can be defined in terms of:
1. Homogeneity and stability.
2. Length and intensity of the shared experiences.
Invented, Discovered, or Developed
Two types of learning situations:
1. Positive problem solving situations (did a solution work best or not, constantly improving
when situations change)
2. Anxiety-avoidance situations (did a solution avoid anxiety, solution will sustain because
nobody face the anxiety, even if the solution isn't optimal)
Conclusion
An organisational culture is a dynamic model of learning and group dynamics. In this model a few
things are highlighted to be a success:
1. Culture is always in process of formation and change.
2. Culture tends to cover all aspects of human functioning.
3. Culture is learned around the major issues of external adaption internal integration.
4. Culture is ultimately embodied as an interrelated, patterned set of basic assumptions that
deal with ultimate issues, such as nature, humanity, et cetera.
The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
Guaranteed quality through customer reviews
Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.
Quick and easy check-out
You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.
Focus on what matters
Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I buy this document?
You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.
Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?
Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.
Who am I buying these notes from?
Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller sydneystraver. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.
Will I be stuck with a subscription?
No, you only buy these notes for $3.21. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.
Can Stuvia be trusted?
4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)
67474 documents were sold in the last 30 days
Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy study notes for 14 years now