This chapter focused on the role of values and beliefs in forming an organizations
culture. We also discussed how cultures are embedded and reinforced through socialization
and mentoring. The topic of organizational culture is big business on the Internet.
Many companies use their Web pages to describe their mission, vision, and corporate
values and beliefs. There also are many consulting companies that advertise how
they help organizations to change their cultures. The purpose of this exercise
is for you to obtain information pertaining to the organizational culture for
two different companies. You can go about this task by very simply searching on
the key words organizational culture or corporate vision and
values. This search will identify numerous companies for you to use in answering
the following questions. You may want to select a company for this exercise that
you would like to work for in the future.
Questions
What are the organizations espoused values and beliefs?
Using Table 2-1 as a guide, how would you classify the organizations
culture? Be sure to provide supporting evidence.
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