Question

provide and explain in 1 to 2 sentences each an example of each of the following:

For Organizational Culture - 1) Artifact, 2) Value/Belief, & 3) Assumption

For Organizational Environment - 1) Political/Legal, 2) Sociodemographic, 3) Technology, 4) Economic, & 5 Natural Environment (e.g., the globe and nature).

Remember - culture is internal to the organization, shaped by shared experience. And, the environment is external, providing opportunities and threats.

Answer 1

Answer: Organizational culture

1. Artifact : These are visible component of organizational culture like physical environment elements for example the logo of the company
2. Value/Belief: are deeper non visible component of cultures which are held in the minds like shared set of principles and values like integrity and egalitarianism.
3. Assumptions: These are subconscious elements of the organizational culture which reflect beliefs and values like an assumption happy employees are more productive

Organizational environment

1. Political and legal: The political and regulatory environment which governs the industry in which organization operates like the tariff rates, corporate taxation and so on.
2. Socio-demographic: The social and demographic characteristics of the customers like age, gender and so on.
3. Technology: The technological conditions prevailing in the industry like the high use of information and communication technology
4. Economic: The economic environment in which the company operates like the GDO growth rates, inflation rates in the economy and so on.
5. Natural environment: the carbon footprints of the company on the environment like the level of green house gases released from the company’s operation and the government regulations related with it