The second topic was national and organizational culture. Cristina explained that organizations are groups that have the same objective, whether its economic or social, and control their objectives. She also made clear different concepts like: culture, organizational culture, functions of culture, the difference between national culture and organizational culture and functions of culture within an organization. We also saw how a nation could be similar/ different to a culture and discussed different definitions of culture and which factors could affect an international company.
Culture is a set of traditional beliefs and values that are shared and transmitted. Values and perceptions differ according to the culture; misunderstanding culture could be costly to an organization. Organizational culture refers to the effect of national culture on ways of doing business. Knowledge of organizational culture, management attitudes and business methods existing in a country and the willingness to accommodate the differences are important to success.
The corporation
The film was about the evolution and impact of the corporation since early years until today and the cost of the exceptional wealth. The film began showing the diverse definitions of the corporation and how this legal person is the cause of poverty, death, pollution and exploitation. The Catholic Church and the Communist Party were pretty good examples of corporations nearly 100 years ago. The unethical behaviour of the Global Superpowers shows an anti-social personality not only with person but also to the environment, the corporations are psychopaths.
The documentary explains the concept of the corporation and showed how the industry manipulates the consumer and forgets the ethic of the market. The movie criticized the capitalist system, the advertising of the brands and some other topics. It left a difficult situation whether to be or not in the side of the corporation, or how to equilibrates both parts
Culture is a set of traditional beliefs and values that are shared and transmitted. Values and perceptions differ according to the culture; misunderstanding culture could be costly to an organization. Organizational culture refers to the effect of national culture on ways of doing business. Knowledge of organizational culture, management attitudes and business methods existing in a country and the willingness to accommodate the differences are important to success.
The corporation
The film was about the evolution and impact of the corporation since early years until today and the cost of the exceptional wealth. The film began showing the diverse definitions of the corporation and how this legal person is the cause of poverty, death, pollution and exploitation. The Catholic Church and the Communist Party were pretty good examples of corporations nearly 100 years ago. The unethical behaviour of the Global Superpowers shows an anti-social personality not only with person but also to the environment, the corporations are psychopaths.
The documentary explains the concept of the corporation and showed how the industry manipulates the consumer and forgets the ethic of the market. The movie criticized the capitalist system, the advertising of the brands and some other topics. It left a difficult situation whether to be or not in the side of the corporation, or how to equilibrates both parts
Question: Do you think there is a corporate culture in every organization?
I think that corporate culture is inherent to the organization. Cultural organization is the mode how things are made, procedures, and norms within the company. Te corporate culture are adopt though the time pass by and are communicate from directors to their employees.
The problem is that in many companies they have one but it is not working properly. There is more to corporate culture than national culture, but it is hard to separate them. When entrepreneurs start businesses, they do what make sense to them in the context of values and assumptions they may had in mind since they were children. How they treat their people, and what they expect, may depend on national cultural assumptions so deeply rooted that few ever question them. (Millman, Gregory 2007)
Mergers and Acquisitions can fail due to incompatibility in their corporate culture. In many M & A’s deals synergy is not achieved.
References
Millman Gregory. Corporate Culture: more myth than reality? While business success and failure are often laid to “culture” the term is elusive and frequently misused. Experts in organization behaviour say it is difficult to alter a company’s culture, and when it does shifts, it is often the result of successful business performance changes. July 2007
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