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In order for a company to succeed, it needs to have a strong and firmly entrenched culture. In this assignment we look at the definition and types pf culture, how it is managed and developed to maintain high performance, within the organisation.
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Introduction In order for a company to succeed, it needs to have a strong and firmly entrenched culture. In this assignment we look at the definition and types pf culture, how it is managed and developed to maintain high performance, within the organisation. Definition of Culture "Culture refers to the knowledge members of a given group are thought to more or less share; knowledge of the sort that is said to inform, embed, shape and account for the routine and not so routine activities of the members of the culture....A culture is expressed (or constituted) only through the actions and words of it's members and must be interpreted by, not given to, a fieldworker....Culture is not itself visible only through it's representation"1Culture can be defined as "the collection of traditions, values, policies, beliefs and attributes that constitute a persuasive context for everything we do and think in an organisation."2 The success of an...
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