Presentation in class for Master in Public Administration students

1. ADMINISTRATIVE CULTURE IN
THE PHILIPPINE BUREAUCRACY

2. CULTURE
the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group
of people, defined by everything from language,
religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
Latin word – “colere” meaning to tend the earth and
grow, or cultivation and nurture.
It is the collective manifestation of human nature- the
collection of human dynamics, wants, motives, and
desires that make a group of people unique.

3. TRIVIA!!!

4. It is against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris.
In Tibet, it is considered polite to stick out your tongue at
your guests.
During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who
wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.
In OHAMA, NE it is illegal to burp or sneeze in
church.
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take
a bath once a year.
Donald Duck comics were banned from libraries in Finland
because he doesn’t wear pants.

5. The term culture has been said to
be one of most complicated words
because it is used to describe
important concepts in several
distinct intellectual disciplines and
in several distinct and incompatible
systems of thought (Williams,
1976)

6. IS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CULTURE BOUND???
YES!!!

7. The culture and idiosyncrasies of
the society that practices Public
Administration have been
generally regarded as an
important influence on the
behaviors and dynamic of Public
Management Systems. (Pradhan
and Reforma 1991)

8. In Thailand, the deeply rooted and ingrained
and traditional values of the Thai society
make changes in its administrative system
extremely difficult. (Aufrecht and Rachtam
1991)
In Iran, where the strong imprint of Islamic
religion gave rise to two dimensions of their
culture- material and spiritual.

9. In Japan, the J-type of organization grows
its own culture (value) wherein Japaese
organization makes slow decisions. (Omori
1991; Ouchi 1981)
In the Philippine setting, the indigenous
cultural norms and value system are often
incongruent with those of the borrowed
bureaucratic system.

10. ADMINISTRATIVE
CULTURE
ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE

11. The
organizational
culture profile
(OCP) is an
instrument
initially
developed by
O’Reilly,
Chatman, and
Caldwell (1991)
to assess
person-
organization fit.

12. Person-organization fit is a useful predictor of
job satisfaction and organizational commitment,
which in turn affect performance. The OCP is
considered an important instrument to measure
the fit between individual’s preferences and
organizational cultures.
The organizational culture profile is a
multipurpose instrument that can be used to
evaluate the culture of the organization as a
whole, for example, as a diagnostic instrument
before a change intervention.

13. SOCIETAL CULTURE
POLITICAL
CULTURE
ADMINISTRATIVE
CULTURE
INDIVIDUAL/
GROUP
Figure 1: CONCEPTUAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG CULTURE TYPES AND
INDIVIDUALS/GROUPS IN ORGANIZATION

14. TRIVIA!!!
SOCIETAL
CULTURE
POLITICAL
CULTURE
ADMINISTRATIVE
CULTURE
• The norms, attitudes, and
values of a particular
society - the way of life of
its people
• Set of ideas, values,and
attitudes about government
and political processheld by a
community or nation (J. Rizal)
• a system of shared assumptions,
values, and beliefs, which
governs how people behave in
organizations.
• values and behaviors that
contribute to the unique social
and psychological environment
of an organization.

15. Administrative
Culture
Administrative
Behavior
It defines the desirable, proper required, permissible, tolerable,
and even the prohibited kinds of behavior among the actors in
the administrative system.
Along with other values and norms of the society, administrative
culture shapes the policy and organizational, procedural, and
technological preferences for the administrative system.