Section 8.2 discusses the four types of organization culture: clan, adhocracy, m

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Section 8.2 discusses the four types of organization culture: clan, adhocracy, market, and hierarchy. Organizational culture appears as three layers: observable artifacts, espoused values, and basic assumptions. Culture is transmitted to employees in symbols, stories, heroes, and rites and rituals.

Watch the Harvard Business Review video “The Ripple Effect of a Great Work Culture.” posted in the Powerpoints and Articles section. In this video, René Carayol profiles how the Beverly Wilshire implements a customer's first mentality.  

https://hbr.org/video/2226822296001/the-ripple-effect-of-a-great-work-culture

Answer the following questions:

Of the four culture types (i.e., clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, and market), identify which one you would find the most motivating and explain why.

Discuss ways to learn about an organization’s culture prior to a job interview or before accepting a new job.

Using the video “The Ripple Effect of a Great Work Culture” as your foundation, how would you describe the culture of the Beverly Wilshire and how would you classify it on the competing values framework?

Explanation / Answer

Of the four culture types (i.e., clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, and market), identify which one you would find the most motivating and explain why.

I find the Market culture most motivating as it keeps the employees competitive and the culture focusses on the competition and the spirit of “getting the job done.”

This kind of a culture is required in today’s technology disrupting market where the reskilling is really critical for employees to remain competitive in the market.

The market culture also emphasizes the competition between the internal employees for the limited resources which a company has budgeted.

Discuss ways to learn about an organization’s culture prior to a job interview or before accepting a new job.

Learning about an organization’s culture before joining a job is critical. We can use following methods to have some idea before we land up for the job:

Note: The Third question requires visiting an external site which is not allowed, so won't be able to answer it. Thanks!

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