Essays on Organizational Culture

Introduction Fred Smith started FedEx in the early 1970s, only two years removed from service in Vietnam in the Marine Corps. Still the leader of the company today, Smith has built one of the world’s most successful logistics firm on leadership principles derived from his experiences in the Marines. These principles have become incorporated in…

In the past few decennaries, the construct of organisational civilization has gained broad credence as a manner to understand human systems. From an “open-systems ” position, each facet of organisational civilization can be seen as an of import environmental status impacting the system and its subsystems. The scrutiny of organisational civilization is besides a valuable…

Organizational Culture of Starbucks Benjamin A Chesney Com/530 Communications for Accountants January 28, 2013 Jon Zimmerman Organizational Culture of Starbucks Starbucks Coffee Company is a worldwide conglomerate. Their specialty is coffee. In addition to working as global leader of coffee distribution, Starbucks is also trying to be a global leader in responsibility. They want to…

Abstract Strategic planning is a significnt tool in the strategic management of organizations and companies. This planning can be conducted annually by a company, and it is considered to be an important process where companies can organize their activities. Companies across the globe implementing this planning find themselves at a better position, in dealing with…

Domingo Partido, a former Military attache, founded Ultimate Shield Security Agency, Incorporated in the late 1980’s. Inspired by his military experience, he established USASi – Ultimate Security and Allied Services, Inc. in 1989. The agency started operating during the same year. Ultimate Shield has expanded its presence beyond the Metro Manila Head Office. It now…

The organizational culture is the personality of an organization (McNamara, 1997).  In his book Understanding Organizational Culture, Mats Alvesson (2002) has defined an organization as a space for “cultural traffic,” which is to say that the organizational culture is really made up of the different messages of the diverse groups that are connected with it. …

The following is an observation and analysis of the role an organization’s values play on the development and state of its culture. This analysis is based on five interviews of both male and female workers from a privately owned manufacturing company with annual revenues exceeding a billion dollars. In forming my conclusions, I will analyze…

Changing Organizational Cultures Introduction An organization’s culture is a combination of the founder’s beliefs, values, ideas, and norms. Every organization is different and presents a different culture for its employees and customers. With most organizations the culture is strong and very difficult to change. Within these organizations there are dominate cultures and well formed subcultures….

Google’s organizational culture is represented n several ways which include their management structure, and their public transparency, treatment of employees etc. Google has people who’s sole job is to keep employees happy and maintain productivity. People operations are where science and human resources intersect. And it’s what keeps Google a top-performing company. A Culture Built…

The organization I am studying is T-Mobile USA. I have been working at T-Mobile for almost five years. T-Mobile USA is a telecommunications provider and operates as a subsidiary of Deutshe Telekom, which is based in Germany. The main focus of T-Mobile is selling cell phones and providing mobile network services to its customers. Currently,…