Question

Write a mini essay on the following:

(a) “Culture defines the rules of the game.” (Robbins and Judge, 2018, pp 298). Examine the extent in which culture in an organisation impacts (i) employee engagement and (ii) diversity and inclusion strategies.

(b) Discuss how an organisation uses socialisation processes/tactics to socialise new employees and help them through the adjustment process.

Answer 1

a.

Organizational culture contains values, belief and assumptions that are shared by the working people of the organization. It tells them how to act in the organization. It affects and influenced the people by dictating to them with the shared beliefs and values, It tells them how to dress, act, and do their tasks. It also gives them guidelines for the members.

Examples of organizational cultures:

• Publix helps employees by giving them opportunity and ownership.

• Southwest Airlines prefers people with work oriented and fun loving mindsets.

• Salesforce motivates workers purpose and mission.

Culture's surrounding influence the expectancy of people living within it.

Because it not only form the structure of society but also make the perception of people about sexual behaviour and orientation, life, death, illness, health, diseases, quality of life, approach to the diagnosis and treatment etc.

Cultural surrounding plays an important role in the development of sexual behaviour and orientation.

It affects any society by influencing cultural beliefs and norms. Due to cultural surrounding food, clothing, living, behaviour etc of people are decided.

Hence, its impacts are vast in any society.

Cultural perspective influences the development of sexual behaviour because of the culture surrounding individual shapes the perception of his/her identity. For example, the woman of Western countries like U.S, England, France etc is more Frank and independent in comparison to women of the Middle East and Indian subcontinent due to their cultural surrounding.