Organizational Context and Culture

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Organizational Context and Culture

• Communicators
• Allie Jordan
• Leah Rubio
• Nadia Ayesh
• Wendi Dotson
• Kale Kingsbury
• LIS 650
• 22 September 2007

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While milling about the water cooler one day

• What is culture?
• How we do things around here
• Flexibility a simple matter of health
• Focus of presentation
• Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Four types of culture

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Academy

• Agenda Analyzers
• Priority Development
• Early career entry with ability to mature
• Modern guild
• Professional growth a personal goal
• Teamwork valued over individual performance

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Academy Not just the elite

• Characteristics / qualities of culture
• Departure through retirement or dismissal
• Examples
• Universities
• Hospitals
• Office product companies
• Electronics businesses

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Baseball Team

• Agenda Prospectors
• Priority Recruitment
• An example from Anthony Bourdain and the
  "culinary underbelly"
• Examples
• Broadcasting
• Entertainment
• Advertising
• Law Firms

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Club

• Agenda Defenders
• Priority Retention
• Security and membership essence of commitment
• Institution with a public mission
• Low Turnover / Retirement

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Club - Are you 'Googley'?

• Group Contribution / Loyalty
• Examples
• Military / Govt Agencies
• Museums
• A 'Googley' Interview Process
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vw887NIa_V9wmodere
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Fortress

• Agenda Reactors
• Priority Retrenchment
• What are Fortress cultures?
• How does this culture come about?

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Fortress Enemies at the Gate

• Fate of Fortress organizations
• Examples
• Hotels
• Retail industry
• Textiles
• Publishing
• And now, an Office Space moment
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vtFYRW4ZbHIA

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Culture at the Anatomical Level
In this scenario, failure to fit in with new
culture could have disastrous consequences
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Breaks Over! (a.k.a. Takeaways)

• Culture internal external
• Learn the companys culture!
• The flip side of 2
• Dont judge a book by its cover
• Culture a very stubborn thing indeed

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Discussion