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Agenda .
What is Organizational Climate?
What is organizational culture? Why study organizational climate? How does it helps? What are the elements of organizational climate? Methods to understand organizational climate? When to take up the study? Who should do it?

What is Organizational Climate?

Refers to meaningful interpretations of a work environment by the people in it
Are social relationships warm and caring? Are people treated fairly for rewards/recognition? Do people take pride in excellence?

Organizational Climate is often referred to as Corporate

Climate

Factors that influence Organizational Climate Involvement Co-worker Cohesion Work Pressure Clarity

Supervisor Support
Autonomy

Managerial Control
Innovation

Task Orientation

Physical Comfort

What is Culture?
The shared values, beliefs, and behavioral norms in an organization (Ouchi, 1981)

What Is Organizational Culture?

Organizational culture is a common perception held by the organizations members; a system shared meaning Characteristics:

1. Innovation and risk taking 2. Attention to detail 3. Outcome orientation 4. People orientation

5. Team orientation
6. Aggressiveness 7. Stability

How Organizational Cultures Form

Philosophy of the Organizations Founders: Ben & Jerry, Herb Kelleher, Bill Gates
Selection

Top Management

Organizational Culture

Socialization

Prentice Hall, 2001

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How Employees Learn Culture

Stories
Rituals Material Symbols Language

Why study Organizational Climate?

1. To study employees sense of being well organized and of having a clear definition of their roles and responsibilities. 2. To measure the feeling of pressure to improve performance and the degree of pride employees have in doing a good job. 3. To measure the employees sense of responsibility. 4. To measure the employees sense of belongingness to the organization. 5. To measure the employees feeling of trust and mutual support with in work group. 6. To measure employees feelings of being recognized.

How does the of study organizational climate helps?

Gives perception by the employees of what the org procedures, policies Gives a status of the existing systems and procedures and the direction to go forward. It helps in decision-making for the organization in future. It helps org in getting feedback from the employees.

SIX ELEMENTS OF WORK

Flexibility how free the employees are to innovate Responsibility degree to which the employees feel free to work without asking for the permission and guidance from the manager Standards the sign the organization emphasizes the excellence, that the goals for the employees are really high but attainable Rewards the employees have to receive regular feedback and that they are rewarded accordingly Clarity the employees know, what is expected from them and how their efforts relate to the organizational goals Team Commitment the employees have to know they belong to the winning team or the winning organization and that all of the employees work towards the same goals or objectives.

Methods to understand organizational climate?

To understand organizational climate one can use : 1. A structured questioner 2. Structured and unstructured interviews 3. Feedback.

When to take up the study?

Conducting a study depends on company's policy, with changes in business environment it can be conducted yearly once or once in 2 years.

Who should do it?

Hr departments in collaboration with other departments with in the organization Authorized External consultants

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