Management and Organizational Culture in Samsung
Course: NZDB 530 Organisation and Management
Trimester 2 2010 Assessment 2: Essay on Organizational Culture SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Submitted by: Chung Daewan(Steve) ID# 20904451
Submitted on: 5th July 2010
Submitted to: Jene Parilla
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ⅰ. Essay on Organizational Culture ……..................................................3
Ⅱ. Metaphor……….......................................................................................6
Ⅲ. Appendices………....................................................................................7 Ⅳ. References..................................................................................................9
1. Essay on organizational culture
Introduction:
Every organization existing in the world has its own culture. It describes the psychology, attitudes, the ways of doing thing and its own value including both personal and cultural value. Basically, organizational culture is the personality of the organization. According to the text book, Organisations and Management Theory and Applications, Lesley Gill and Edwina Pio, 2007, “organizational culture utilizes the building blocks of individual and corporate values, perceptions and attitudes.” As we can find from above all explanations and definitions of the organizational culture, it is a crucial factor for every organization to have. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS is the company launched in Korea, 1940, and has become the successful global-based company manufacturing most of electronic equipments specialized in mobile phones, LCD televisions and high-spec digital cameras. Therefore, we can find out what the organizational cultures are in the company.
Visible Aspects;
The name of SAMSUNG means The Bright Three Stars in Korean, which has the traditional meaning of the biggest success ever. As we can see by the logo of SAMSUNG (see appendix A), it consists of white capital name of SAMSUNG with blue color as the background. What is more, most of
Trimester 2 2010 Assessment 2: Essay on Organizational Culture SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Submitted by: Chung Daewan(Steve) ID# 20904451
Submitted on: 5th July 2010
Submitted to: Jene Parilla
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ⅰ. Essay on Organizational Culture ……..................................................3
Ⅱ. Metaphor……….......................................................................................6
Ⅲ. Appendices………....................................................................................7 Ⅳ. References..................................................................................................9
1. Essay on organizational culture
Introduction:
Every organization existing in the world has its own culture. It describes the psychology, attitudes, the ways of doing thing and its own value including both personal and cultural value. Basically, organizational culture is the personality of the organization. According to the text book, Organisations and Management Theory and Applications, Lesley Gill and Edwina Pio, 2007, “organizational culture utilizes the building blocks of individual and corporate values, perceptions and attitudes.” As we can find from above all explanations and definitions of the organizational culture, it is a crucial factor for every organization to have. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS is the company launched in Korea, 1940, and has become the successful global-based company manufacturing most of electronic equipments specialized in mobile phones, LCD televisions and high-spec digital cameras. Therefore, we can find out what the organizational cultures are in the company.
Visible Aspects;
The name of SAMSUNG means The Bright Three Stars in Korean, which has the traditional meaning of the biggest success ever. As we can see by the logo of SAMSUNG (see appendix A), it consists of white capital name of SAMSUNG with blue color as the background. What is more, most of
References: Lesley Gill and Edwina Pio, 2007, “Organisations and Management, Theory and Applications, Pearson”, Auckland, New Zealand. SAMSUNG official website, http://www.samsung.com/nz/ , the latest update date 15, June, 2010