Your Business Growth Is Linked With Your Organizational Culture

By Author: William King
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Culture is defined by a set of beliefs, values, attitudes and lifestyle that is specific to a group of people, originating and living in a specific region. Needless to say, culture is powerful enough to mold the habits, thinking patterns and objectives of these people. People coming from two different cultures are likely to conceive a problem in a different manner; they'll go after solving this problem in their own way and the level of dedication will also be different. Bottom line, culture can cast positive or negative effects on the overall personalities and consequently the fate of the nations.

If the culture can make or break a nation (along with many other factors), there's every chance that the organizational culture is going to play an equally important role in the overall success or failure of a company.

What is organizational culture?
Similar to the national culture, organizational culture is a set of values, objectives and attitudes that exists and prevails within an organization. If you have been a part of different organizations in any capacity, you'll most probably be aware of the variance in ...
... organizational cultures. Whenever you move to a new organization, you have to make changes in your personality and attitudes according to their culture or you can try to change the culture itself if you are sitting at some managerial positions (it's going to be tough though). However, once the culture incorporates the positive values, vision and directions, you can be sure that the company is heading into the right direction.

How does it affect the business?
In many ways, for example culture will form the character of your company (and the character of your employees), it develops an ownership among the staff, and it ties them in a bond and improves collaboration. A positive and strong culture sends out strong messages to your clients, as well as your competitors. Similarly strong organizational culture helps in shaping up the workforce, especially if it is coming from diverse backgrounds.

Laying foundation of a strong Organizational culture:
Once established, Organizational culture is very hard to change, this is something you need to work on right from the start. Characteristics of Organizational culture travel from the top management to lower staff, the dedication and the attitude you want to see in your workers should be noticeable in you, as a manager. Also, you should endorse the culture in company meetings, workshops or any other event that take place.

William King is the director of UAE Dubai Property & Dubai Real Estate Properties Portal: http://www.bayut.com , Wholesale Trade Suppliers, Dropshippers, Distributors & Manufacturers: http://www.dailytrader.com and China Wholesale Suppliers, Distributors, Dropshippers & Manufacturers: http://www.dailytrader.com/china/ . He has 18 years of experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping retailers, entrepreneurs and startups with their product sourcing, promotion, marketing and supply chain requirements.

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