paper 6
Topic is based on Boys and Girls Club please read description below.
Written Presentation Guidelines
You will be sharing an overview of your consulting proposal with your
peers (i.e. the audience is no longer the organization you audited).
You are to create a summary that includes the following:
Brief background of your consulting company – 5 pts
Brief background of the organization you audited – 5 pts
Organized presentation of communication variables to be improved –
15 pts
Organized presentation of recommendations – 15 pts
Clear description of timeframe, costs – 10 pts
**Your presentation may be pure text, a word document with
graphs/charts, powerpoint, prezi etc.
ORCO 4500
Paper #6
SUBCULTURES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE
“All institutions of any size have subcultures, pockets in which the
organizational culture varies to some degree from the culture in other
pockets and from the dominant culture. Subcultures interlock,
overlap, partially coincide and sometimes conflict. They may be
strong, persuasive and controlling or weak and hardly noticed affecting
behavior. Assumptions, beliefs and values in enhancing subcultures
are compatible with and often are stronger and help with more fervor
than those in the dominant culture. Members of orthogonal
subcultures accept basic assumptions of the dominant culture but also
hold some that are unique. Counter cultures have basic assumptions
that conflict with the dominant culture. Subcultures may develop
based on a project assignment, similar functions in the organization,
same ethnic or religious background, car pools, same supervisor,
shared lunch hour, etc.”
Ott, J. S. (1989) The Organizational Culture Perspective, Brooks/Cole:
Pacific Grove, California
“Organizational climate is something like an organization’s personality,
consisting of hopes, attitudes, and biases (feelings, tone, mood).
Organizational climate is NOT the same as culture, but a separate
phenomenon.”
Ott, J. S. (1989) The Organizational Culture Perspective, Brooks/Cole:
Pacific Grove, California
List/Describe/Explain/Clarify some subcultures and the organizational
climate of the organization of your choice. 3-5 pps – cite at least 2
definitions in your introduction – Good Luck!