Question

Organizations with strong cultures typically have fewer policies. Why is that?

Answer 1

Organizational culture is a set of rules that are taught to all the employees and expect right kind of behavior from them keeping in mind the values, beliefs and code of conduct of the organization.

Organization with strong cultures typically have fewer policies because: -

• Strong culture emphasize on the deeply held and widely shared culture of the organization and how it helps in the better performance.
• The values of the organization drive the performance of every employee and helps in achieving desirable result.
• It is the set of rules, norms, ethical aspect of the organization that helps each individual to show right kind of behavior at work and thus help the organization to perform at its best.
• Strong culture helps in better goal alignment and motivates the employees to perform better.
• The communication is open within the team, where everyone share ideas, views and thoughts.
• The team will focus on vision, goals, objectives and values of the organization and the main purpose of the team is to focus on achieving the goals by working collaboratively and exhibit right kind of behavior at work place.

In strong culture environment, the employees are self-motivated and are committed to the organization. In weak culture environment, the policies need to be strong because the work environment and employees need proper guidance to work effectively.