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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Organisation Culture
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2015 Examination
1. Identify two organizations of your choice in the same industry and explain how they socialize
their employees. (15 marks)
Answer:An organizational culture is defined as the shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that
guide the actionsof itsmembers.Organizational culture tendstobe shapedbythe founders' values,
the industry and business environment, the national culture, and the senior leaders' vision and
behavior. There are many dimensions or characteristics of organizational culture that have been
defined.Forexample,aresearchstudyconducted by J.A. Chatman and K.A. Jehn in 1994, identified
sevenprimarycharacteristicsthatdefineanorganization'sculture:innovation,stability(maintaining
the status quo versus growth), people orientation, outcome orientation, easygoingness, detail
orientation, and team orientation.
2. How do employees learn culture? Cite illustrations (15 marks)
Answer: While founders undoubtedly exert a powerful influence over corporate cultures, the
industry characteristics also play a role. Companies within the same industry can sometimes have
widelydifferingcultures. At the same time, the industry characteristics and demands act as a force
to create similaritiesamongorganizational cultures. For example, despite some differences, many

2. companiesinthe insurance andbankingindustriesare stable andrule-oriented, many companies in
the high-tech industry have innovative cultures, and those in nonprofit industry may be people-
oriented. If the industry is one with a large number of regulatory requirements—for example,
banking,health care, and high-reliability (such as nuclear power plant) industries—then we might
expectthe presence of a large number of rules and regulations, a bureaucratic company structure,
and a stable culture. The industry influence over culture
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