Question

Essay: Suppose you are asked by senior officers of a city government to identify ways to reinforce a new culture of teamwork and collaboration. The senior executive group clearly supports these values, but it wants everyone in the organization to embrace them. Please a) Define organizational culture, and b) identify four types of activities that would strengthen these cultural values.

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) It is interesting to note that the term organizational culture basically includes all the visible characteristics of an organization, such as the way they carry out operations.

b) Since the emphasis is on strengthening teamwork and collaboration as a new cultural framework of the organization, these activities can be done:

• sharing tasks among team members
• reward group performance rather than individual performance
• substitute each team members roles periodically
• give group/individual idea-sharing opportunities.