Organizational Culture

Every organization builds itself by first establishing its own culture. This culture gets shaped as the organization deals with and overcomes external and internal challenges. Once the organization is successfully able to overcome these challenges, reaping success, the values built along the way are retained. Let us now see how effective changes in a company can be established.

Founders' Values
An effective culture is created through the history it brings with it. The company's culture is first established during its early years through the values held by its founders and the vision they have for the future of the organization. The entrepreneurs who establish the business should clearly lay out the organization's rules, structure of the company and decide on the people they want to work with them. These founder values will then become part of the corporate culture, which in turn helps the organization to succeed. Once these values have been established, they can be passed on to new members within the organization so that everyone is aware about how to best increase the success of the organization.
Industry Demands
Effective organizations can also be created through taking into account industry demands. Companies within the same industry can have very different cultures. Nonetheless, at the same time, industry demands can act as a compelling factor for them to develop some similarities. For instance, companies within the high-tech industry are likely to all have innovative cultures and those within the non-profit arena will be people-centered. As such, an effective change needs to be created by adhering to industry demands that may need companies to adopt certain practices, which inevitably forms a part of the corporate culture. As such, an organizational culture can only be effective if it adjusts to the industry.