And now... let's talk about corporate culture and national identity..
According to the Business Dictionary, corporate culture is:... "Pervasive, deep, largely subconscious, and tacit code that gives the 'feel' of an organization and determines what is considered right or wrong, important or unimportant, workable or unworkable in it, and how it responds to the unexpected crises, jolts, and sudden change. All new employees must assimilate this code ('learn the ropes') to know the correct way to behave and what to expect from other employees. Organizational culture is the sum total of an organization's past and current assumptions, experiences, philosophy, and values that hold it together, and are expressed in its self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations. It is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, express or implied contracts, and written and unwritten rules that the organization develops over time and that have worked well enough to be considered valid. It manifests in:
- The ways the organization conducts its business, treats its employees, customers, and the wider community
- The extent to which autonomy and freedom is allowed in decision making, developing new ideas, and personal expression
- How power and information flow through its hierarchy
- The strength of employee commitment towards collective objectives.
Business dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved 02 09, 2010, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/corporate-culture.html
On the other hand, National identity could be defined in simple words as "the depiction of a country as a whole, encompassing its culture, traditions, language, and politics". Wikipedia Free encyclopedia. (s.f.). Recuperado el 11 de 02 de 2010, de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation
Now, in my personal oppinion, i think that the corporate culture has it roots in the national culture and there fore in the national identity. the people will behave in the organizacion according to what they are used to, what they believe and how they were raised in their homes. The values they have and the moral that guide people is closely related with the national identity or vice versa.
According with the aforementioned, the corporate culture would be very difficult to be changed. I think that if a CEO wants to change the corporate culture, first he/she has to analyze and understand the national identity and the national culture to see why his/her subordinates acts in certain ways. moreover, the CEO has to make subtle changes, he/she can't forget that this change in the corporate culture will "attack" in a certain way how people usually think and how they daily behave.
The age, the world the subordinates have lived in, as well as the age and the world around the top managers, the personal experiences, the national history, and many facts could modify or affect the behavior inside the organization and modify subtly the corporate culture.
The corporate culture would be just a different aspects of our lives, a different invironment inside a country, a nation.. a state.. therefore its culture can't be considered or planned or set too different from the hometown culture.
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