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A Companies culture is defined as the beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company's employees and management interacts and handles its outside business transactions. Often, the culture of a company is implied, not expressly defined, and develops organically over time from the cumulative traits of the people the company hires. A company's culture will be reflected in its dress code, business hours, office setup, employee benefits, turnover, hiring decisions, treatment of clients, client satisfaction and every other aspect of operations. (Kroeber, A. L. & Kluckhohn, C., 2012)
Whenever a new employee enters a company the socialization process towards the companies culture takes place through two distinct ways: 1. The employee is exposed to the socialization tactics of the company 2. The employee seeks information about his role and the culture of the company.
This eventually leads to the adjustment of the employee to its new role and the company’s culture, improving his job performance, increasing his fit and commitment towards the organization and decreasing its turnover. The organizational socialization represents six different aims: Goals and Values, Performance Proficiency, language, history, politics and people.
The given case “Surviving Plant Worlds Hard Times” illustrates a friendly and open culture implemented from the very first day on from the founder of the company Myta Ong. During the growth of her company she spent less time with the plant but more time with her employees. She knew when her employees had personal issues or even when their children had birthday and according to that, Myta Ong spent her early morning hours to adapt the schedule to their employees needs. Summarizing, all the efforts lead her company to have a strong culture. Due to this strong culture, employees really appreciated their jobs in her