Culture and Orgainzation
Table of Content
1. Introduction
1. An Organisation P.3
2. Organisational Culture P.3
3. The Case Company P.3-4
2. Schein Framework
1. Artifacts and Creations P.5 2. Values and Beliefs P.5 3. Basic Assumptions P.6
3. Schein Framework in IKEA case
1. The Company Name P.7
2. The Founder P.7
3. The Nation P.8
4. Vision and Business Idea P8.-9
1. Product Range P.9
2. Low Prices P.9
3. A Better Everyday Life P.9-10
5. The Environments 1. Consuming Environments P.10 2. Working Environments P.10-11 6. Corporation Social Responsibility
1. For Environment P.11
2. For Children P.11
3. For Workers P.11
4. Summarize Conclusion P.13
5. Reference P.14-15
1. Introduction
1. An organisation
According to Paul Hill, Dr. Xiao-Jian Wu, Dr. Ron Beadle and Dr Guy Brown (2012), an organisation is “social entities brought into existence and sustained in an ongoing way by humans to serve some purpose, from which it follows that human activities in the entity are normally structured and coordinated towards achieving some purpose or goals. ”It means that people group together to do something for the same purpose or goals, we can recognise it is an organisation. It may be a company, a association or a party.
2. Organisational Culture
“The word culture has been used by many different to explain a variety of phenomena, and because each one tends to adopt a slightly different perspective, there is no universally accepted definition.”). (Paul Hill, Dr. Xiao-Jian Wu, Dr. Ron Beadle and Dr Guy Brown (2012))
Edgar H. Schein (1985) states culture is a
1. Introduction
1. An Organisation P.3
2. Organisational Culture P.3
3. The Case Company P.3-4
2. Schein Framework
1. Artifacts and Creations P.5 2. Values and Beliefs P.5 3. Basic Assumptions P.6
3. Schein Framework in IKEA case
1. The Company Name P.7
2. The Founder P.7
3. The Nation P.8
4. Vision and Business Idea P8.-9
1. Product Range P.9
2. Low Prices P.9
3. A Better Everyday Life P.9-10
5. The Environments 1. Consuming Environments P.10 2. Working Environments P.10-11 6. Corporation Social Responsibility
1. For Environment P.11
2. For Children P.11
3. For Workers P.11
4. Summarize Conclusion P.13
5. Reference P.14-15
1. Introduction
1. An organisation
According to Paul Hill, Dr. Xiao-Jian Wu, Dr. Ron Beadle and Dr Guy Brown (2012), an organisation is “social entities brought into existence and sustained in an ongoing way by humans to serve some purpose, from which it follows that human activities in the entity are normally structured and coordinated towards achieving some purpose or goals. ”It means that people group together to do something for the same purpose or goals, we can recognise it is an organisation. It may be a company, a association or a party.
2. Organisational Culture
“The word culture has been used by many different to explain a variety of phenomena, and because each one tends to adopt a slightly different perspective, there is no universally accepted definition.”). (Paul Hill, Dr. Xiao-Jian Wu, Dr. Ron Beadle and Dr Guy Brown (2012))
Edgar H. Schein (1985) states culture is a
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