{"id":807,"date":"2019-04-23T16:52:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=807"},"modified":"2024-04-24T23:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:00:21","slug":"why-it-matters-organizational-culture","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/chapter\/why-it-matters-organizational-culture\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Organizational Culture","rendered":"Why It Matters: Organizational Culture"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why learn about the\u00a0impact organizational culture has on individuals and the workplace?<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-835\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4052\/2019\/04\/24154454\/nick-karvounis-451562-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"two people working in an open air meat market.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Organizational culture is present in our daily lives. Whether or not you recognize it, organizational culture can be found in every family unit and in any group dynamic you are a part of. Understanding how culture is developed can give insight into each working part of an organization. There are both internal and external factors that contribute to an organization\u2019s cultural identity. Recognizing these factors and learning how to adjust them to change culture is a valuable skill to have, not only in your personal relationships, but also in your professional ones.\r\n\r\nThe ability to identify a positive or negative company culture can assist you when applying for jobs and when deciding on a career path. While organizational culture can change, there are a number of internal and external factors that need to be considered and adjusted in order to successfully invoke change. Organizational culture may seem like a fancy business term but you will soon learn that it plays a role in your everyday life.","rendered":"<h2>Why learn about the\u00a0impact organizational culture has on individuals and the workplace?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-835\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4052\/2019\/04\/24154454\/nick-karvounis-451562-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"two people working in an open air meat market.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Organizational culture is present in our daily lives. Whether or not you recognize it, organizational culture can be found in every family unit and in any group dynamic you are a part of. Understanding how culture is developed can give insight into each working part of an organization. There are both internal and external factors that contribute to an organization\u2019s cultural identity. Recognizing these factors and learning how to adjust them to change culture is a valuable skill to have, not only in your personal relationships, but also in your professional ones.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to identify a positive or negative company culture can assist you when applying for jobs and when deciding on a career path. While organizational culture can change, there are a number of internal and external factors that need to be considered and adjusted in order to successfully invoke change. Organizational culture may seem like a fancy business term but you will soon learn that it plays a role in your everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-807\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Why It Matters: Organizational Culture. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Freedom Learning Group. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Specific attribution<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Copenhagen Meat Packers. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nick Karvounis. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/xrDL8xOgeJQ\">https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/xrDL8xOgeJQ<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Unsplash License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Why It Matters: Organizational Culture\",\"author\":\"Freedom Learning Group\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc-attribution\",\"description\":\"Copenhagen Meat Packers\",\"author\":\"Nick Karvounis\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/xrDL8xOgeJQ\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc0\",\"license_terms\":\"Unsplash License\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"29a2bb56-f834-409f-b106-e4e7d5271cce","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-807","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":26,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/807\/revisions\/1547"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/26"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/807\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}