How Is Organizational Culture Like Duct Tape?
Please join us for a discussion every Tuesday at 12PM noon SL (US Pacific Time) This Tuesday, October 13, we will be at the Epoch Institute in Second Life™ Click here to teleport to the Epoch Institute in Second Life™ This Week’s Topic Organizational culture has become a “big thing” in the last few years. It is sometimes a primary enticement to attract employees, and a catch phrase by which companies create a public image to reinforce marketing strategies. Although the term may seem self-evident, it’s surprising how many different ways people think about organizational culture, and how many different things are meant when someone says “our culture”. At this weeks session we will discuss the nature of organizational culture: What is it, how is it formed, how does the internal reality relate to the stated culture, how does telecommuting and remote work culture relate to “main office” culture, what is its value, and what is the impact of stated and unstated organizational culture on the w