Pick an organization that would be interesting to you--Southwest Airlines or any other airlines, Harley Davidson, Starbucks, Costco, IBM, Catepiller, Ford, VW, Tesla, GE, PWC, Boston Consulting Group, The State of MA, The Navy, etc. Just make sure you pick an organization with a wealth of public information available. Using the Corporate Website and any other information you can gather on this company from reading articles see what you can find that would describe the culture of this organization--Artifacts, Rituals, Symbols, Values. If you know anyone who works there, ask them what assumptions employees make regarding the culture of this organization. You could find someone on Linked In who might be willing to share.
What is listed as their organizational values, and how do they demonstrate this. Do they mention their socialization process?
Put together a clear description of this organization's corporate culture. a minimum of 2 pages
Sample Outline
Name the company and why you picked the company.
The artifacts of ________________’s culture are as follows:
Personal enactment:
Rites and ceremonies:
Stories:
Rituals:
Symbols:
The values embedded in ________________’s culture are as follows:
The assumptions of ________________’s culture are as follows:
Wrap Up -
On what information did you base your analysis?
How complete is your view of this organization’s culture?