I assume that when you first joined your current company or educational institution you knew little about the organizational culture of the college or company, other than the formal, often aspirational claims made in the catalog, website and/or interview process. How did you integrate with that organization's values and norms? Did you have to change or did it feel seamless and overnight? How did you learn about what the operational norms were?
Most of what you learned likely did not come from the formal orientation program provided by the administration, but rather, informally, through observation and trial and error. Can you point to stories you heard within the organization [informally or formally] or one particular experience that carried important information about the organization’s values? Please integrate the course materials in this discussion.