Essay On Workplace Culture

There are many different definitions of workplace culture. Charles Handy an Irish author/philosopher specialising in Organisational Behaviour and Management famously said that, “Culture is the way we do things around here,” but if someone was on the outside looking in how would you explain that to them. Would you have to be working there a long time yourself before you could see “how things work around here”. Because culture in an organisation is what makes it unique, it’s the personality, the attitudes, and the way we interact and relate to each other these are the things that attract the best and Brightest talent to a company. So, if an organisation has a “strong, positive, clearly defined and well communicated culture with strong core values” (Deloitte) that company is onto a winner. Workplace culture can also “impact on happiness and job satisfaction in a positive or negative way which can affect performance.” (ERC consulting)

Edgar Schein a former professor at MIT Sloan school of Management came up with the Iceberg concept to describe the three levels of organisational culture. The part the sticks above the

So, when we finally got to join a team we were just added to the culture and welcomed straight away as a new team member and a plan put in place for you to learn the job. But as time goes on I’ve realised that workplace culture is always changing it never stands still and that’s the way it should be to make progress, and we all follow the strict rules and regulations of the company so it’s a tight ship and probably not suited to everyone, but the satisfaction comes from knowing that everyone of us working there impact positively on people’s lives in our community every