Due Date: Sunday, November 14, 2021
Format: Typed, Double spaced, Include opening paragraph, Body, Closing paragraph, turned in on your blog.
Organizations are created to accomplish goals. In the process of working toward those goals, a culture develops. A culture is the character and personality of your organization. It’s what makes your organization unique and is the sum of its values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviors and attitudes.
A part of your project experience will be to identify and describe the culture of the organization with which you are working. We are going to use this class for practice in identifying the elements of an organization’s culture.
Most of us are at least subconsciously aware of the culture of any group or organization of which we are members. Several of the elements are discovered by participation within the group while others are realized through observation. Some of the major elements of culture are:
Rites, ceremonies and rituals ( Rites of passage)
Fairy tales, myths, stories and legends (Stories passed down)
Heroes (Idealized founders, etc.)
Language (What style is used)
Humor and play (Reduce tension, build rapport, share positive feelings)
Rules (The code that must be followed)
Metaphors (may be used to break down issues, etc.)
Physical setting (Physical environment)
Stories (Specific stories told or passed down)
Values (Behaviors that do not change)
To understand the “cultural identification” process USE THIS CLASS as an example. From the 10 elements above, CHOOSE 5 and describe this class in those terms. You will need to include examples for each element.
***Remember to use examples to support your element choices. This is often the most forgotten part of this assignment.
