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Amit Kumar Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 16: Organisational Culture

Unit 16: Organisational Culture Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
16.1 Types of Organisational Culture
16.2 Effects of Organisational Culture
16.3 Functions of Organisational Culture
16.4 Importance of Culture to the Organisation

16.5 Changing Organisational Culture
16.6 Forces for Change in Organisations
16.7 Forms of Change
16.8 Resistance to Change
16.8.1 Sources of Resistance
16.8.2 Managing Resistance to Change
16.9 Approaches/Models to Managing Organisational Change (Change Process)
16.9.1 Lewin's Change Model
16.9.2 Nadler's Organisational Model

16.9.3 A Contingency Model of Analyzing Change
16.10 Summary
16.11 Keywords
16.12 Self Assessment
16.13 Review Questions
16.14 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

State the effects, functions and importance of culture to the organisation
Describe forces of change in organisations
Identify major reasons individuals and organisations resist change
Explain methods organisations can use to manage resistance
Discuss the models of change

Introduction

Organisational culture is an idea in the field of organisational studies and management which
describes the psychology, attitudes, experiences, beliefs and values, both personal and cultural,
of an organisation. It can also be defined as the specific collection of values and norms that are
shared by people and groups in an organisation and that control the way they interact with each
other and with stakeholders outside the organisation.

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