Gm591 - Organizational Culture Inventory (Oci) Results

Keller Graduate School of Management [pic] GM 591: Organizational Culture Inventory Results for ABC IT – Business Solutions Group. Instructor: Rick Lochner Prepared by: Venkata Kumaran Date: 20-JAN-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Current Culture 3 2.1 Cultural Type 5 2.2 Behaviors Associated with the Current Cultural Type 5 3.0 Targets for Cultural Change 6 4.0 Potential Benefits Risks of Cultural Change 8 4.1 Benefits 8 4.2 Risks 8 5.0 Conclusion and Reflection 9 6.0 References 9 Introduction â€Å"Culture is made up of the values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a group of people. Culture is the behavior†¦show more content†¦I believe the power style is apparent by fact that members (especially managers/ leaders) in the organization always liked to maintain unquestioned authority and wanted to personally run everything. As an example, some of the mundane day-to-day decisions have to taken at the highest level. Most of the members would like to maintain the image of perfection at all times. I have seen members don’t like to bring up issues they face in completing activities which actually results missing milestones. They also like to blame others for their failures to escape criticism or punishment. The actual purpose of the BSG is to work closely with the core IT team to help business focus on the company’s strategic goals. Some of the BSG members treat job as a contest and would rather like to compete tha n to co-operate. Another behavior I have observed is that most of the members do not think ahead and plan their activities. This behavior when analyzed further points to fact that the members are expected never to challenge their superiors. This results in relatively frequent priority changes. Even though they know the business and the functionalities around the business they tend not to look at alternative solutions before working with the business. Finally some of the members have been with ABC for long time, they accept the status quo. Every idea for improvement is looked upon as â€Å"Will this affect theShow MoreRelatedGm591 Walmart -Project Paper3562 Words   |  15 PagesImproving Wal-Mart’s Employee Relations GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior April 20, 2010 INTRODUCTION The Organization that we selected as our topic of discussion in our Project Paper is the Wal-Mart Corporation. Sam Walton is the founder of Wal-Mart. He opened his first store called Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas in July of 1962. Their corporate office is currently located in Bentonville, Arkansas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. incorporated its stores onRead MoreCourse Project Paper Gm5913925 Words   |  16 PagesOvercoming Communication Shortfalls John R. South, Jr. 8736 Lock 17 Road Bessemer, AL 35023 Phone (205) 914-1480 jrsouth5358@bellsouth.net Keller Graduate School GM591 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Patrick Kinane April 18, 2010 Overcoming Communication Shortfalls Introduction The organization that will be used as the topic of my course project will be my current employer, Cullum Detuners, Ltd. (CDL). CDL is a design-build company that provides acoustic support