...HR3010 Assignment 1: Literature Review What is the influence of 4 dimensions of Corporate Culture on Organizational Commitment on Organizational Commitment? Table of Content Introduction 3 Training and development 4 Teamwork 5 Employee/Organizational Communication 6 Emphasis on Reward 7 Corporate culture and organizational commitment 8 References 9 Introduction The employee attitude on organizational commitment has changed nowadays; they would no longer want to stay with a particular company for their whole working life. In the past, employees might be happy to remain in the organization where it could provide good job security. However, the competitive pressure from their competitors has made many organizations reluctant to focus on downsizing, restructuring therefore created less job security provided to employees. Many employees considered that their organization has broken the secure organizational bond and unhappiness might bring employees to tend to begin their new job search. With the idea of finding a new job, employees therefore might demotivate with their current job and underperform in the organization. It will become a huge issue for the organization to achieve their objectives as no organizations in fact, can survive in today’s competitive world unless their employees work effectively and are committed to the organization’s goals. Hence, organizations have no choice but have to consider maintaining their employees, especially...
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...States Navy was born as the Continental Navy six months after the out break of hostilities between England and the American Colonists. On October 13, 1775, “the Continental Congress authorized the outfitting of a ten-gun warship ‘for intercepting such transports as may be laden with stores for the enemy’” (Cutler, 2002, p. 555). That fateful day gave birth to a culture and heritage that would become one of the greatest the world has ever seen. Core values based on HONOR, COURAGE, and COMMITMENT. The Navy’s mission, to protect America, its citizens, allies, and interests throughout the world. As will be seen, the Navy’s espoused values do indeed align with its enacted values. Also, it will be shown how communication in an organization is determined by the organization’s culture and what role communication plays in the way the culture is perceived. Lastly, conflict can play a role in the communication of groups and in certain instances, organizations may use that conflict to improve communication between the groups. With reference to the Navy, how and why does this occur? The first leaders of the Navy created a culture that has lived on to the present day. Leaders such as John Paul Jones and Esek Hopkins believed in honor and fought for a purpose. Today the terms honor, courage, and commitment are instilled into the minds of recruits so they can carry those values with them not only throughout their Navy career but also in their civilian lives. In fact, in October 1992,...
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...Organizational Behavior & Communication Paper Jessica Ginger COM/530 January 30, 2012 Aileen Aspect The research in this paper focuses on the relationship between organizational communication and organizational culture. Many things can effect communication and culture to including determining if an organization is living up to the standard set forth in their core values and resolving conflict through these values as well. Organizational Behavior & Communication Paper Starbucks has created one of the most exceptional models of organizational culture and communication in American business history. Starbuck’s culture is built on the platform of creating the ultimate coffeehouse experience for the consumer. It accomplishes this through offering the highest quality of coffee, hiring a diverse and passionate workforce, and sustaining the environment in which it operates. Starbucks commitment to social awareness has created a strong healthy organizational culture thus aligning their espoused values and enacted values. For example in the coffee bean farming industry, Starbucks became a leading supporter and purchaser of Fair Trade Certified coffee. Through their commitment to the Global Exchange and Fair Trade they are the only company licensed to sell the coffee in 23 countries. This action supported a core value by allowing Starbucks to still purchase their high quality coffee while supporting human rights issues. Another example would be their...
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...Telecommunications, Inc. is a full service voice and data communications company. The company is one of the world’s largest and successful telecommunications companies. Despite the success that Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc. had experienced, the company will eventually face some cultural changes in the future. Also, a diverse workforce will have an effect on teamwork as well as communication. However, Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc. is not the only large company that will come across cultural changes. Nowadays, the trend for many companies is to expand into another country with the goal to gain a diverse workforce and to enter an international market. Although this trend is extremely beneficial for the company’s success and survival, there are some negative aspects as well. Possible Cultural Changes in Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc. The world is becoming more diverse and most large companies are multicultural. Diversity definitely has brought new importance to the workplace. Because of the increase of diverse employees from all over the world, it is almost impossible for Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc. to not counteract any cultural changes. Combining people from different backgrounds can cause tension in the workplace. People of different nationalities, ethnicities, religions, genders, ages, etc. interact with each other differently and perceive things in different ways. In addition, the working environment and culture at Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc. may change...
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...Organizational Commitment and Communication COM/530 Organizational Commitment and Communication Organizational commitment is necessary for a productive workforce and effective communication. Communication of individuals creates and sustains an organization but the organization expects members to communicate in a certain way, structuring their behavior with expectations and habits (Cyphert, 2007). The communication within an organization can define atmosphere and determine the work culture. Google has an open work culture that encourages individual expression of ideas, creates an atmosphere of acceptance, and treats workers with respect. Even though Google’s open work culture encourages individual contributions there are other leadership styles that would alter the work culture and change group communication. Leadership at Google and the effect of a different leadership style Googles leadership style fosters empowerment of employees allowing employees to come up with innovative ideas and implement them. Google had a 70-20-10 norm for time allocation by employees; 70 percent of the time is for core business of search and advertising; 20 percent to off-budget projects relating to core business; and 10 percent in pursuing ideas of employee’s individual interests and competencies (Manimala & Wasdani, 2013). This leadership style is effective for encouraging open communication within the working group. Googles leadership communicates by offering generous rewards and...
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...Chapter 1: Introduction to Communication Theory What is communication; ● ● ● “The process by which people interactively create, sustain and manage meaning” (D&Z, p 2), It is how we plan, control, manage, persuade, understand, lead, love, and so on, Competent communication: both effective (achieving goal) and appropriate (follow social expectation). What is theory; Theory is about what we know and how we know it. ● Theories provide an abstract understanding of the communication process (Miller, 2002), ● A lens through see the world, which highlights some things (and ignores others!) (D&Z, 3), ● A systematic summary about the nature of the communication process. There are 3 types of theories: 1. Commonsense theory -Created by an individuals own personal experience, -Useful to us and are often a basis for our decisions about how to communicate, -These theory’s are not supported by research. 2. Working theory -Generalizations made in particular professions about the best techniques doing something, -Practical and more systematic than commonsense theory. 3. Scholarly theory -The theory has undergone systematic research, -Provides more thorough accurate and abstract explanations for communication, -They are often more complex and difficult to understand. Evaluating theory; These are some criteria for evaluating the usefulness of the theory. Not good or bad. What to look for Accuracy Has the research supported that the theory works the way it says it does? Look at the research...
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...D1 - Analyse how cultural variation can influence communication Handshake The handshake is used in England as a gesture. This gesture is used in England as a form of a greeting between two people. This is for when they engages with each other. The handshake may also be used when a deal is made between two parties on something. This influences communication in a positive way as these two parties are interacting with one another and also getting along with each other. If they get along with each other, it will create effective communication as when a service user and a care worker handshake, neither of them will get offended in anyway which helps them cooperate and network with each other more effectively. However on the other hand, this may effect communication negatively because in other cultures and countries such as France, a handshake is normally quick and crisp as this is practised like this in general. A firm long handshake in china is often considered impolite in France. Women in France offer their hand only in business and social settings. This can have a positive influence on communication as people would come together and interact with one another cooperatively. However, it can also make a negative impact because if the handshake is too long, people will end up becoming offended. Therefore, when a service user and a care worker come together, they will have to cautious so that no one gets offended as it may lead to the service user unwilling to communicate and awkwardness...
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...How do my styles of Communication have an effect on my communication with others? This class has helped me break into who I believe I am and how I may reflect those beliefs onto others. I have found that my communications skills are very strong in some areas and could use some work in other areas. It is my opinion that many factors in life can help or hinder the way you communicate your needs, wants, emotions and thoughts. Many feel that by expressing their opinions or emotions others will portray them as being weak or overbearing and in some cases if a different approach of communication was taken, these expressions will have been perceived differently. Through my studies I have found that I am a very active listener with tendencies to be passive and can work at being more efficient in communicating my emotions in a productive manner. “Your personal success and happiness depend largely on your effectiveness as an interpersonal communicator.” (Devito, 2016) My communications skills are very strong when it comes to listening to others, being a lending ear and encouraging others to have open lines of communication. It is my opinion that many factors in life can help or hinder the way you communicate your needs, wants, emotions and thoughts. Many feel that by expressing their opinions or emotions others will portray them as being weak or overbearing and in some cases if a different approach of communication was taken, these expressions will have been perceived differently...
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...the organisations. Communications within the enterprise plays an important role in relation to drive the better performance. However, the communication and management systems are faultiness in some organisations. As a result, poor communication from management may lead organizational failure, and the organizational efficiency cannot be maximized. The purpose of this article is to examine the factors that contribute to the poor communication from management, thereby provide alternatives, which provides organisation an opportunity to improve themselves. The bibliography will mention the role of communication and management in lean manufacturing and its role in organizational change, furthermore, the cause of poor communication from management will be discussed, include the gender difference, and finally the bibliography will talk about the consequences of poor communication. Therefore, this article will firstly write the bibliography as mentioned before, after that, the central argument will be made and lastly recommendations will be provide for organisation’s future implementation. 2.0 The Bibliography J.M. Worley T.L. Doolen, (2006),"The role of communication and management support in a lean manufacturing implementation", Management Decision, Vol. 44 Iss 2 pp. 228 - 245 The article investigates the role of communication and management support, and its importance in a lean manufacture implementation. Firstly, the relationship between communication, management and lean...
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...Cultural Diversity is a mixture of cultures and races rather than one culture in a specific region or in the world. Cultural Diversity is the belief that every culture and race should be maintained and valued. Many people do not value multiculturalism or culture diversity awareness while others often support it and respect it. Acknowledging cultural diversity helps to eliminate biases, prejudice, and stereotypes it also helps cultures and different races to come together as one to make a better environment for everyone. Characteristics of cultural diversity consist of background, gender, appearances, culture, and a host of many others. Appreciation of diversity is important in communication for several reasons. First one cannot put two people together and expect them to act the same way. Differences can bring many assets to a group such as ideas, experiences and different ways of handling things. In a group of different cultures where communication is most likely to happen, the diversity range will further. I describe my cultural background to be very helpful in defining who I am. I am African American descent. Both my parents are African Americans. I cherish the traditions that my family has passed down from generation to generation. I am thankful for my cultural background seeing that it made me who I am today. My values affect the way that I communicate with others because I was raised to respect others and acknowledge them no matter what they look, talk, or act like....
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...CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN ELECTRONICBASED COMPANIES 1 Bibi Noraini Bt Mohd Yusuf, 2Zurina Bt Zulkifli, 3Intan Maizura Bt Abd Rashid, 4Syahida Bt Kamil, 1,2,3,4 School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship Universiti Malaysia Perlis 1 bibinoraini@unimap.edu.my, 2Zurina@yahoo.com, 3Intan Maizura@unimap.edu.my, 4syahida@unimap.edu.my, Abstract Rapid growths in economic development and trade globalization have necessitate the number of firms to expand and extend their businesses abroad. A sizeable number of firms have been opening new plants in other countries or hiring their employees from overseas, creating a diversity of workforce. A diversified workforce will create cross-cultural differences leading to cross-cultural communication. This research aims to analyze the barriers of cross-cultural communication in electronic-based companies. The subjects for this study, comprising company operators and middle to top management were randomly selected from electronic-based companies domiciled in Northern Peninsular Malaysia. This study adopted a quantitative approach method, where questionnaires were distributed among 200 employees. Analysis of data compiled was carried out using the SPSS version 20.0 mode. Through an in-depth analysis and application of this study, there is a bigger impact of multinational firm communication in the cross-cultural communication. In addition, the dimensions of national cultures, high and low context communication, language...
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...Restructuring initiatives have become common rather than exceptional occurrences. Some are successful, others not. Once new organizational structures are in place, they typically have their limitations. Virtually every organizational chart or model, in medium to large sized companies, divides employees into business units and/or departments. This is necessary to focus skills and pool common interests and resources to achieve specific company objectives. There is however, a downside that is often not catered for – a silo effect which impacts performance. In this paper, the silo effect will be defined, the dangers presented by silos will be briefly outlined, and an approach and suggestions to reduce these silos will be discussed. The Silo Effect Defined Silos may be defined as groups of employees that tend to work as autonomous units within an organization. They show a reluctance to integrate their efforts with employees in other functions of the organization. The effect has the propensity to exist throughout a Company, or between subsidiaries within a wider corporation, resulting in division and fragmentation of work responsibilities within the organization. Departments and business units can fragment into even smaller silos based on strong personal bonds, and areas of commonality that differentiate groups of employees from the rest of their department. Silos are a common occurrence, as they exist to a greater or lesser extent in most companies. The area of an organization in...
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...Culture and Identity Outline, what the term ‘Culture’ may be taken to mean and then explain the ways in which it is transmitted by the wider society and the effects that this may have for individual members of the society . Introduction: Society and Culture are interlinked, thus sociology defines society as two or more people who interact in such a manner as to share a common culture. Therefore culture is seen as a vital factor of sociology. Culture can be defined as common beliefs, behavior, objectives or characteristics formed within a group of people or society. People tend to define themselves with to a particular culture. In other words culture is a common set norms formed within a group of the society or a society to which people identify themselves to. This essay aims to explain in which ways culture is transmitted within the society and the effects this may have on individual members of a society. The essay will look at concepts of culture in terms of mass and folk culture. Furthermore it will take into consideration age, gender, social class and ethnicity, which will help to understand the interrelationship between self, identity and socialization. To understand culture in modern world better, the essay will aim to analyze the link between cultural consumption and identity in the modern society. Main body: According to Linton (1945) culture of a society is the way of life of its members; a collection of ideas and thoughts, which they learn and practiced...
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...craftsman of destruction.” No matter what form of communication or means we employ our ability to understand the message, the process, and manufacture an accurate, clear, and mindful message are required. Rather than deceive and destroy, whether we encode or decode in mass communication, we have a responsibility to be true rather than deceive and build rather than destroy. This brings me to the three most important terms media literacy, the third-person effect, and technological determinism. Our proficient understanding of any form of media is important because it cultivates our interpretations and views. Media literacy encompasses many elements and skills without them we are not capable of responsible communications. Second, the third-person effect is very dangerous especially when we overestimate the effect of a media message on others and under estimate the effect on our self. If we do not recognize the influence of a certain media message, our vulnerability to it is increased. In order to be objective, we need to recognize the influence of media on us as individuals so we can overcome this influence and objectively comprehend or compose a communication. Lastly, technological determinism not only changes how we do business, but also develops our intellect and transforms our inherited beliefs. Technology breaks down barriers and allows us to obtain information that can change our behaviors, eliminate biases, and broaden our culture. For us to grow as people it is important...
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...Week One Student Guide In week one, you study team and organizational communications, as well as review the connection between culture and communication. In addition, students examine virtual communication methods, group communication competencies, and team skills, Students discuss dealing with difficult team members and the role of conflict in group communication. This foundation is critical for students’ understanding of the concepts to be discussed in later weeks. This week, you discuss and define communications. Why might you communicate in teams or groups? Why might you communicate internally in your organization, or externally with vendors and customers or other external stakeholders? When might you communicate informally and formally? How does conflict affect communication? You begin to discuss how conflict affects communication and why you might adapt the form of communication to the recipient. Organizational Culture and Communication OBJECTIVE: Use the tools available to University of Phoenix students. Resources: Student website Content • E-Book Collection • Center for Writing Excellence located on the Materials section of your student website o Plagiarism Checker o WritePoint o Tutorials and Guides • Sample Paper • Writing and Style Guides • University of Phoenix Writing and Style Guidelines • Learning Team Toolkit o Learning Team Charter o Toolkit Essentials • University...
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