Assignment
Select an organization with which you are familiar and complete the Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) for that organization/unit. Then create an 8+ page double-spaced paper (the title and reference pages do not count) in which you analyze the results of the OCI.
The content of your paper should include, but is not limited to, information about the following topics:
1. Introduction: Describe the organization/unit you selected to study.
2. Current Culture. Describe the culture of the organization/unit using the results of the OCI profile
2-A. Cultural Type: a) Identify and discuss the organization/unit's primary style (i.e., the cultural norm with the greatest extension on the circumplex or percentile), the secondary style (i.e., the cultural norm with the second greatest extension), and the weakest style of the organization/unit. b) Comment on your impression about the meaning of the results. Copy the Circumplex from the web page and attach to this section of your paper.
2-B. Behaviors Associated with the Current Cultural Type: a) Describe the behaviors that are associated with your organization/unit's current culture. b) Discuss the style definitions revealed in the OCI and reinforce these styles with your personal observations and experiences as part of the organization unit.
• Identify and discuss the behaviors associated with the primary style and reinforced by your organization's current culture?
• Identify and discuss the behaviors associated with the weakest styles and not reinforced by your organization's current culture?
3. Targets for Cultural Change: Identify your organization/unit's targets for cultural change. Targets are those cultural norms where thegreatest differences exist ("Gap") between the "Current Percentile Score" and the "Ideal Score."
a. The online results will include a table that lists each style, the student's raw
score (ignore this number) & percentile score, and then the Ideal percentile score. Transfer a copy of this table in your paper so that it resembles the targets for cultural change grid below.
b. Subtract the percent in the Current Score column from the percent in the Ideal Score column for each of the twelve styles and record the difference in the Gap column.
c. Identify targets for cultural change.
• What is the greatest Gap (difference between percents) between your organization's Current Score and the Ideal Score? Explain.
• What is the 2nd greatest Gap between Current Score and Ideal Score? Explain.
d. For each cultural target, identify and discuss at least three behaviors that your organization/unit's culture should encourage (where cultural norms are to be increased) and discouraged (where cultural norms are to be decreased) to close cultural gaps.
4. Potential Benefits & Risks of Cultural Change: Describe the potential benefits and risks to efforts to change your current culture toward the ideal culture. For example, to what extent will the proposed cultural changes
a. Solve a "business problem" confronting the organization? (something that could work better -- like enhancing the quality of products and/or services offered by your organization?)
b. Improve members' role clarity? Reduce the degree of role conflict experienced by members?
c. Increase members' satisfaction and commitment?
d. Encourage members to work efficiently and effectively?
e. Enable members to develop their capabilities and maximize their contributions?
f. Require members to develop better teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills?
g. Produce anxiety, resistance, and conflict in the organization?
5. Conclusion and Reflection: a) Discuss your OCI results and your responses to the above sections/questions. b) Describe the value of this exercise to your personal and professional development. c) Close your paper with a statement of at least one question or goal this exercise suggests to you that you hope your work in MGMT591 will help you to address.
Attachment:- Organisation culture.rar