Implications of Culture in Management

·      Corporate culture can be defined as the pattern of shared values, beliefs, assumptions and
working habits of people in an organization. It enables employees to develop a
sense of belongingness towards the organization.

·      To understand the comp;exities of cultural differences, two models are widely used. Named
Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture and Trompenaar’s seven dimensions of
culture.

·      In organization various culture are present such as mechanistic culture, organic culture,
authoritarian culture, and participative culture.

·      A strong corporate culture has four main components, which are vision, values, practices
and people.

·       In an organization various types of conflicts arising due to cultural differences
among employees. They are interpersonal conflicts, intrapersonal conflicts,
intergroup conflicts and intragroup conflicts. And to resolve the conflicts the
various techniques are avoiding, accommodating, competing, collaborating and
compromising.

·      To strength corporate culture, HR professionals adopt various practices, such as
performance management, compensation and reward systems, recruitment and
selection and training and development.