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Organizational Culture Change: Is It Really Worth the Effort?

 
< P > M u c h h a s b e e n w r i t t e n a b o u t c h a n g i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e . I t ’ s a n e x c i t i n g t o p i c b e c a u s e o f t h e e n o r m o u s p o t e n t i a l b e n e f i t s d e r i v e d f r o m c h a n g i n g a n o r g a n i z a t i o n ’ s c u l t u r e . W h i l e e x c i t i n g b e c a u s e o f i t s e n o r m o u s p o t e n t i a l , a t t e m p t i n g t o c h a n g e o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e c a n l e a d t o e n o r m o u s f r u s t r a t i o n . < / P > < P > I t i s i m p o r t a n t t o u n d e r s t a n d h o w d e e p l y t h e r o o t s o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e g o . O r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e i s r o o t e d i n t h e s h a r e d t a c i t a s s u m p t i o n s o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . T h e s e t a c i t b e l i e f s d r i v e b e h a v i o r t h r o u g h o u t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . < / P > < P > E d g a r S c h e i n b e l i e v e s o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e p r o v i d e s m e m b e r s o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n “ s t a b i l i t y , c o n s i s t e n c y , a n d m e a n i n g . ” T h e c h a n g e a g e n t w h o t h r e a t e n s t h o s e t h r e e t h i n g s w i l l s u r e l y m e e t s t r o n g r e s i s t a n c e . < / P > < P > S c h r e y o e g g , O e c h s l e r , a n d W a e c h t e r ( t h r e e G e r m a n r e s e a r c h e r s ) b e l i e v e o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e p r o v i d e s m e m b e r s w i t h a w o r l d v i e w : h o w t o p e r c e i v e , h o w t o c o n c e p t u a l i z e , a n d h o w t o m a k e d e c i s i o n s . < / P > < P > I n m y b o o k , “ S t r a t e g i c O r g a n i z a t i o n a l C h a n g e , ” I o f f e r e d s i x r e a s o n s f o r o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e ’ s s t u b b o r n r e s i s t a n c e t o c h a n g e : < / P > < P > 1 . i t i s i m p l i c i t r a t h e r t h a n e x p l i c i t < / P > < P > 2 . i t i s w o v e n i n t o e v e r y d a y p r a c t i c e < / P > < P > 3 . i t l e a d s t o u n i f o r m t h i n k i n g a n d b e h a v i o r < / P > < P > 4 . i t i s h i s t o r i c a l l y r o o t e d < / P > < P > 5 . i t g u i d e s a l l d e c i s i o n m a k i n g < / P > < P > 6 . i t i s u s e d t o s o c i a l i z e n e w c o m e r s < / P > < P > T h e m a i n r e a s o n c h a n g i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e i s s o d i f f i c u l t i s t h a t i t r e s i d e s i n t h e d a r k , u n e x a m i n e d r e c e s s e s o f t h e c o r p o r a t e m i n d . T h e u n e x a m i n e d a s s u m p t i o n s t h a t m a k e u p t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e h a v e n o t b e e n q u e s t i o n e d i n y e a r s . < / P > < P > W e k n o w t h a t m o s t o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e c h a n g e e f f o r t s f a i l . W e k n o w t h a t o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e c h a n g e s t h a t s u c c e e d o n l y d o s o a f t e r a f r u s t r a t i n g u p h i l l - b a t t l e a g a i n s t t h e s t a t u s q u o . W e k n o w t h a t p o w e r f u l o r g a n i z a t i o n a l m e m b e r s h a v e a v e s t e d i n t e r e s t i n m a i n t a i n i n g t h e s t a t u s q u o . < / P > < P > S o , m y q u e s t i o n t o y o u i s t h i s : S h o u l d a n o r g a n i z a t i o n s p e n d i t s l i m i t e d r e s o u r c e s ( t i m e , e n e r g y , a n d m o n e y ) t o c h a n g e t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n ’ s c u l t u r e ? M y a n s w e r i s “ y e s . ” L e t m e e x p l a i n . < / P > < P > O r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e c h a n g e i s n e c e s s a r y t o s u p p o r t a l m o s t a l l o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c h a n g e e f f o r t s ( s t r a t e g i c , s t r u c t u r a l , o r p r o c e s s ) . O r g a n i z a t i o n a l c h a n g e e f f o r t s w i l l f a i l i f o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e r e m a i n s f u n d a m e n t a l l y t h e s a m e . T h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c h a n g e e f f o r t s r e q u i r e s e m b e d d i n g i m p r o v e m e n t s t r a t e g i e s i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r e . < / P > < P > C h a n g e s i n p r o c e d u r e s r e m a i n s u p e r f i c i a l a n d s h o r t - l i v e d u n l e s s t h e r e a r e f u n d a m e n t a l c h a n g e s i n v a l u e s , w a y s o f t h i n k i n g , a n d a p p r o a c h e s t o p r o b l e m s o l v i n g . T h e r e s i s t i n g f o r c e s w i l l s i m p l y r e n e w t h e i r e f f o r t s t o r e - e s t a b l i s h t h e o l d s t a t u s q u o . < / P > < P > C a m e r o n a n d Q u i n n b l u n t l y s t a t e , “ T h e s t a t u s q u o w i l l p r e v a i l . W e r e p e a t ! W i t h o u t c u l t u r e c h a n g e , t h e r e i s l i t t l e h o p e o f e n d u r i n g i m p r o v e m e n t i n o r g a n i z a t i o n a l p e r f o r m a n c e . ” < / P > < P > C a m e r o n a n d Q u i n n o f f e r t h e f o l l o w i n g h i n t s f o r c h a n g e a g e n t s : < / P > < P > 1 . F i n d s o m e t h i n g e a s y t o c h a n g e f i r s t . < / P > < P > 2 . B u i l d c o a l i t i o n s o f s u p p o r t e r s . < / P > < P > 3 . S e t t a r g e t s f o r i n c r e m e n t a l c o m p l e t i o n s . < / P > < P > 4 . S h a r e i n f o r m a t i o n / r e d u c e r u m o r s . < / P > < P > 5 . D e f i n e h o w r e s u l t s w i l l b e m e a s u r e d . < / P > < P > 6 . R e w a r d d e s i r e d b e h a v i o r s . < / P > < P > O r g a n i z a t i o n a l c u l t u r a l c h a n g e c a n b e s l o w a n d f r u s t r a t i n g , b u t t h e b e n e f i t s c a n i n c l u d e d r a m a t i c a l l y i m p r o v e d o r g a n i z a t i o n a l p e r f o r m a n c e . < / P >
Author: Michael Beitler
 
Author Bio:
Michael Beitler is a proclaimed scripter. Michael likes to write articles about this topic.
This article can be searched using: project management, risk management, small business administration, performance management
 
 
 

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