Culture of Organisations (Byte Size)

Organisational culture is an extremely difficult issue to define since there are so many inter-relating components:
Power -- Who holds the legitimate authority and who makes the decisions in the organisation? These authority figures and decision makers may not be the same people.
Politics -- What types of different relationships exist in the organisation and whose views have unofficial influence?
Values and beliefs -- What do the decision makers believe in, and how well are these values accepted by the rest of the people in the organisation?
Ideologies -- What underlying philosophies influence management style and procedures? Is there a recognisable policy of how to deal with people?
Social influences -- What are the different social pressures on behaviour?
After participating in this course, you should be able to:

explain the component parts of the culture of organisations
understand the impact of each component on managers.

In working through this session, you will practise the following BTEC common skills:

Managing and Developing Self 
Working with and Relating to others
Communicating
Managing Tasks and Solving Problems
Applying Numeracy
Applying Technology
Applying Design and Creativity