Organization Culture and role of Human Resource management.

 

Organization Culture and role of Human Resource management.


 

Organization Culture is……

A collection of principles, beliefs, anticipations, and practices that provide the necessary guidance and direction for the employee to behave and perform their roles can be explained as an organization culture. That can be simply described as set of standards that reflect about the well-being of the organization. A great organization cultures demonstrate and illustrate a collection of constructive and productive qualities. A well-set culture encourages and supports to reach to the desired goals and objectives. Not only that, but also provide a wonderful working environment with lot of motivations, satisfactions, and happiness for all the employees to perform their jobs freely and accountably. A great organization culture cannot be created or built overnight. That needs a significant period to experience, learn and realize about all the activities and efforts, that added values to the environment. Therefore, organization culture is the key driving tool of Organization behaviours.

Organization culture begins from a great thinking. That vision has come as result of set of learning and activities to survive, grow, and perform the business with external and internal environments in a period (Schein & Schein, 2016).

Organization Culture defined by Heinz as the shared values, attitudes and practices that characterize the organization. It’s the personality of the company and play a large part in employees’ overall satisfaction (Heinz, 2019).


Types of cultures prominent in the organization.



Figure 01: Quinn & Cameron's Competing value Matrix (Heinz, 2019)


According to the Quinn and Cameron’s competing value matrix, organization culture has been classified in to four areas. While the vertical axis  explained about the about the stability and the flexibility, horizontal axis explained about whether organization concentrate more inwards or outwards. Evaluation of an organization culture based on these parameters, provide necessary direction can for the next transformation that organization expect.

1.     Clan Culture

Focus on the people and let them to feel that they are working for a one family. This is an extremely  collaborative work environment that every single person precisely respected. Communication is  the biggest priority. Clan culture comfortable to have a horizontal structure that dilute the gaps between different groups and that encourage mentorship opportunities. These companies are action-oriented,  accept changes, and demonstrate highly flexible environment.

 

2.     Adhocracy Culture

Interested on innovation and the creativity. These cultures always explore about the innovative solutions that can be brought to the environment before the anyone else enter to the zone. To do that they required to take a calculated risk. Adhocracy cultures add values with uniqueness to encourage the employee to think creatively and bring their own ideas. Because that geared up the market growth and the organizational success.  

 

3.     Market Culture

Focus on the company profitability. Everything is evaluated or assessed against the company profits. Every role of the organization has precise task that align with the company main goal. Issues can be seen on the connectivity and alignment between employees and leadership roles. Market culture always drive for the results that focus on external success rather than internal satisfaction. Therefore, this culture creates stress to deliver the results and meet the targets.

 

4.     Hierarchy Culture

Hierarchy cultures follow the traditional corporate structure in the organizations. They focused to drive the organization with a strong authority and multiple administration layers. This culture obviously builds a huge gap between the employees and leadership. Hierarchy cultures a specific way of delivering the things. Therefore, that keep the environment stable and reluctant to take risk.


Involvement of Human Resource Management with organization culture.

To sustain the culture of the organization, some great behaviour should be demonstrated in the business environment. Therefore, the leadership of the business must take more responsibilities and the ownership to nourish these best practices. Since the people behaviour of the organization is the deciding factor for an organization culture, Human Resource Management (HRM) also plays a critical and vital role too. Below are some key contributions of HRM to support and nurture the organization culture.

v  Arrange necessary trainings & awareness sessions for to align with the organization culture.

v  Encourage the environment to adhere with the best practices.

v  Introduce the policies & guidelines to further strengthen the organization culture.

v  Market the organization culture as a strength during the

v  Provide well-organized orientation programs for newly recruited people to promote the culture.

v  Implement some strategies to understand about the voice of the employees and their feedback.


Conclusion.

Organizational behaviour is the deciding factor of a culture. By understanding the existing organization culture, leadership can take necessary action to elevate & transform the culture. Based on the Quinn & Cameron’s competing value matrix, HRM can be shifted the gears for this transformation. By aligning the human resource factor to organization culture, can be driven for greater results and advantages.

Great organizational culture always empowers the employee satisfaction, motivation, and the happiness. Therefore, employee’s happiness index as well as  employees retention and attraction can be significantly improved.  By maintaining a great culture, that indirectly support to drive the HRM key performance indicators in the organization.

References.

Heinz, K. (2019, September 6). https://builtin.com/. Retrieved from https://builtin.com/company-culture/: https://builtin.com/company-culture/types-of-organizational-culture

Schein, E. H., & Schein, P. (2016). Organizational Culture and Leadership. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons,Inc.

Wong, K. (2020, May 07). https://www.achievers.com/. Retrieved from https://www.achievers.com/blog/category/culture: https://www.achievers.com/blog/organizational-culture-definition/


Comments

  1. Nicely Written Duminda, great organizational culture has to be a robust set of beliefs accepted by the entire organization. A strong culture leads to better communication between employees and employers. The HR department of your organization is responsible for creating an equitable atmosphere for employees to work in

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    1. Thanks for sharing your valuable thoughts Bashitha. You correctly put your thoughts to further strengthen the post.

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  3. Hi Duminda,
    Real organizational culture is a consolidation of strong organizational culture
    and positive organizational culture. In a strong organizational culture, organizational
    members perform in a way which consistent with organizational values. In a positive
    organizational culture, employees realize and share the corporate goals and values
    across the organization (Flamholtz & Randle, 2012).

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  4. Duminda, you have explained Organization Culture and role of Human Resource management perfectly in this article. Human Resource Management (HRM) also plays an important role in maintaining the organizational culture in the company that is with a great mind that can encourage and support to achieve the desired goals. One example is by empowering employee satisfaction, motivation, and happiness so that employees can provide the best results for the company

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  5. Culture is important when it comes to attracting talent by outperforming the competition. When the organizational culture align with employees more likely they are to feel more comfortable, supported, and valued. Companies that prioritize culture can also face difficult times at the changes in business conditions, but later come out more stronger. Thankyou for sharing this informative article Duminda.

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  6. HR systems identifying the organizational culture that impact the Knowledge Management interaction and performance. Information were gathered essentially through perceptions and face‐to‐face interviews with top‐level the board, group pioneers and general representatives. Also, other information as yearly reports and sites were gathered. These gathered information would help associations to foster better HR systems and lead to better upper hand.

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  7. Organizational culture affects all parts of your business, from promptness and tone to contract terms and employee benefits. At the point when work environment culture lines up with your employees, they're bound to feel more good, upheld, and esteemed. Organizations that focus on culture can likewise climate troublesome occasions and changes in the business climate and come out more grounded.

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  8. Human resources do have an important role to play in organizational culture, as it is the employees who embrace and improve the culture within the organization. Any desired change to the culture of the organization has to be done by the employees. Basic HRM exercises like recruitment, selection, and training have the ability to influence employee behavior and build values that develop the organizational culture. In organizational cultures where employee engagement is common, and as you said Duminda, by align the human resource to organization culture can be driven for greater results.

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  9. The appropriate method to act inside an organization is defined by the culture of the company. This culture is made up of common ideas and values that are formed by leaders, then communicated and reinforced via various methods, influencing employee perceptions, behaviors, and understanding. The context for everything an organization does is defined by its culture. There is no one-size-fits-all culture template that suits the demands of all companies since industries and environments vary so widely.
    Duminda, you've written an excellent topic. Thank you for sharing

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  10. Human resource management is a very important function, usually referred to as the core function of the organization. Without human resource management, organizations will not be able to effectively recruit and retain employees and maintain a healthy and acceptable workforce culture and environment. Effective human resource management strategies and functions are critical to the organization's success in ensuring employee satisfaction, keeping pace with social and ethical models, maintaining a healthy work culture, and a healthy life balance, work and life for employees. Nice article.

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