Organizational behavior Ch 16

2 common ways to change a culture: 1 Change In leadership

A new CEO can change a negative company culture and take the organization in a new direction

3 major components to culture: 2- espoused values and

Are formal events, generally performed in front of an audience of organizational members. At care.com, all workers are forced to move desks every year at the same time. \.. so people don't have a choice where they sit, and will embrace change.

Stage 2 encounter stge

Begins the day an employee starts work. employees compare expectations they had as outsiders with information they have now that they are employees,.If their expectations were in the anticipatory stage are close to reality it will be a smooth transition.

The 3 stages of socialiation Stage 1 Anticipatory

Happens before the employee works. As soon as he learns of the chance of working for the company they establish anticipatory expectations of the company. What do they think it will e like to work for Baker Hughes.

2 common ways to change a culture: 2 Mergers and aquisitions

Merging two companies with different cultures is a surefire way to change the culture in an organization.

3 major components to culture: 1- Observable artifacts

The manifestations of an organizations culture that employees can easily see or talk about..... They supply the signals to interpret how an employee should act during the work day.

Organizational culture

The shared knowledge within an organization regarding the rules, norms and shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees.

3 major components: 3- underlying assumptions

These are taken for granted beliefs and philosophies that are so ingrained that employees act on them rather than questioning the validity of their behavior in a given situation.

ASA framework

This Holds that potential employees will be attracted to organizations whose cultures match their own personalities, which means that some job applicants wont apply due to persevered lack of fit... a way companies hire people who fir their specific culture and weed out misfits.

stage 3 understanding and adapting

newcomers come to learn the content areas of socialization and internalize the norms and expected behaviors of the organization. By this point the employee knows the ins and outs of the company and can speak using technical language with other employees.

Person organization fit

the degree to which a persons persoality matches the culture of an orhanization.

Socialization definition-

the primary process which employees learn the social knowledge that allows them to adapt to the companies culture.