After reading the case study I found many interesting comparisons to organizational cultures listed in the University of the People text. The issue was that I could identify the organizational culture as fitting in nearly ALL the listed types of cultures! It appears that this company has figured out how to get the best of most worlds.
To begin with, the values of the founders and the ways they attempted to bring that culture into being are alive and well in the company's modern incarnation. John Lincoln and his younger brother, James infused their company with their Christian values. This not only applied to how they treated their customers but even more so, how they treated their employees.
They were one of the first companies to actively solicit input from the employees with the establishment of an advisory board. This board could recommend changes to process and environment which could then be evaluated by management. If it was good for the company, it was enacted. This is one of the ways still used today as an effective means of communicating with management. Management is not aloof from the floor. Even today the floor employees know and speak to the top management. Accessibility fosters communications.
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This hybrid has resulted in all stakeholders being satisfied in their stake in the company. Employees are happy with pay and conditions. Management is happy with output and the decreased cost per unit of everything from their welding electrode to their decreased cost for producing their flagship welder, the S200 series. The customer is well served with all these products as they are the low-cost leader and some of the most reliable on the market today. Share-holders of the company have not been shorted to achieve these accomplishments. Stock values and dividends have continued to rise as this stock is highly