This type of organization has a sense of cohesion, with goals strongly shared. Inside the organization may feel more “family like ” than “business like”.
2.6.2. The Hierarchy Culture.
The lower left quadrant of the model is internally focused with stability and control which emphasizes rules and regulations, clear lines of authority, order , uniformity and efficiency. This type of organization often relies on formal structures, policies and procedures to keep things running.
2.6.3. The Adhocracy Culture.
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As an example , adhocracy cultures are opposite from hierarchies, but share some characteristics of control and order with markets and some characteristics of internal orientation with clans. Although the culture of an organizations has overlapping characteristics of more than one culture , organizations are characterized by only one culture because each quadrant in the model signifies an ideal and paradoxical culture type. It can be said that none of the quadrants cq . cultures are essentially better than the other, in the sense that some cultures could be more suitable in specific context than others. The knowledge of using culture to improve overall organizational performance lies in the insights to match culture and attributes to the organizational …show more content…
Missing a dominant culture and only consisting of subcultures will lessen the value of the overall organizational culture, because there would not be an uniform interpretation of what represents appropriate and inappropriate behavior .In the case of a missing dominant culture we can‟t speak of shared meaning.
When we talk about a strong culture we talk about the organization‟s core values which are intensely held and widely shared by the majority of members. The more members agree and accept the core values and the greater their commitment to those values, the stronger the cultures is. The emphasis is on ;1) the degree of consistency of values, assumptions, beliefs and practices across the organizational members.2)The pervasiveness of consistent values, assumptions, practices and