Conceptualizing Organizational Culture and Theories

Abstract

No doubt there are elements that can influence the human resource management on organizational survival. Among these are; the concept of organizational climate was formally introduced by the human relationists in the late 1940s. Organizational culture is a set of shared assumptions that guide what happens in Public agencies by defining appropriate behavior for various situations (Ravasi & Schultz, 2006). Organizational culture affects the way people and groups interact with each other, with clients, and with stakeholders. Also, organizational culture may influence how much employees identify with their organization (Schrodt, 2002).

 Now it has become a very useful metaphor for thinking about and describing the social system. Organizational climate is also referred to as the situational determinants or Environmental determinants which affect the human behaviour.

Culture of a public agencies is somewhat like the personality of directors. Just as every director has a personality that makes him or her unique and different from other directors. Each agency has an organizational culture that clearly distinguishes it from other agencies.