Organizational culture

Culture is defined as the values, attitudes, beliefs and ethics acquired by a group of people across a generation. An organization on its own may also adopt its culture. Organizational culture can, therefore, be simply defined as the beliefs, attitudes, behaviors and the traditions of an organization (Alvesson, M., 2012). It incorporates the collective goal of an organization and the accepted standards and behavior of achieving the business goals.

In a corporate organization such as a public safety organization these shared systems may be informal or formal. Official business Culture usually tends to be more organized in sheer hierarchies that reflect significant alterations in status and power. The official values and beliefs deal with how the behavior employees must be to the owner or employer. Official organizational culture is decisively planned (Daft, R. 2012). Examples include the corporate hierarchical structure, written company policies, and basic operating procedures. In contrast, informal culture is concerned with minor differences in status and power about formal Cultures. Informality is expressed in rank equality. Hierarchy is fundamentally absent, and mostly the managers of these organizations usually discuss decisions with colleagues and take responses from the employees.