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You will complete an in-depth assessment of organizational culture on an organization of your choosing (note: it cannot be a company studied in this course) and includes an informational interview. The final product will be a 5 page paper (minimum excluding cover page, reference page, or appendix page) that includes 5 scholarly references and an interview. You are encouraged to use the library online databases for sources in addition to peer reviewed journal articles. This is an individual assignment.

You can choose whatever company you choose. I have not chosen one and I do not care what company it is.

1 Project 2: Organizational Culture Paper BUS 483: Organizational Behavior & Development Assignment Overview: Due March 6, 2021 You will complete an in-depth assessment of organizational culture on an organization of your choosing (note: it cannot be a company studied in this course) and includes an informational interview. The final product will be a 5 page paper (minimum excluding cover page, reference page, or appendix page) that includes 5 scholarly references and an interview. You are encouraged to use the library online databases for sources in addition to peer reviewed journal articles. This is an individual assignment. Note: This assignment requires reading Chapter 16 out of sequence - see course syllabus and weekly module. Questions to address in the paper include the following: • Define corporate culture, its major components, and discuss the organization you chose in this framework (provide specific examples). • Does the organization have a strong or weak culture? Why do you feel this way? • What steps does the organization take to maintain its culture? And/or what steps are they taking to change the culture? • What steps does the organization take to make sure newcomers fit with the culture? • Do you find the culture positively impacts job performance and organizational commitment? Why or why not? IMPORTANT: Support each of your answers with research. Expectations • The organization is of your choosing. However, you cannot choose one we have discussed in class. In addition, since an interview is required – you may want to consider how easy it would be for you to contact someone there. Interview • An interview of an employee of the organization is required, and can be completed either face-to-face or by telephone. You are NOT to conduct the interview by email correspondence. • At least five questions should be prepared in advance and attached as Appendix A to end your paper. The appendix should also provide the name and contact information of the person you interviewed. 2 • Questions should be focused on helping you answer the key questions outlined above and should be based on the concepts and terms covered in the course. • Keep the correspondence and interview professional. • Send a thank you. References • Acceptable references are peer-reviewed journal articles, business databases, academic resources, government websites (Department of Labor, EEOC, etc.), and the course text. • Citations should follow APA format for in-text citations and separate reference page (see APA template resource on course home page). • Five total references (can include the course text and the interview source as references) are required. Paper • Paper is at least five (5) full-pages in length, but can be a bit longer; this guideline does not include the cover page, reference page, or appendixes. • Paper is submitted to assignment drop box by the end of the day on the due date. Grading • Grading will be based on the following: • Content & depth of topic discussed (e.g. how well did you answer the key questions) • Was an interview conducted? And, is it clearly referenced within the paper? • Application of terms and concepts covered in the course • References are appropriately (in-text citations and reference page) formatted and applied for support of the discussion. • Overall composition and construction of paper (grammar, spelling, error-free). • Requirements of the assignment as outlined in overview and expectations have been met. Expectations of all Papers Times New Roman 12 point font and standard 1-inch margins is the maximum width (this is Word’s default settings). There is a high standard for grammar, spelling, and content. Your quality of writing should reflect that of a 400 level student in the Department of Business and Economics (DBE). Use of the Writing Center is strongly encouraged.

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Running Head: PROJECT 2: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE PAPER			1
PROJECT 2: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE PAPER 					4
PROJECT 2: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE PAPER
BUS 483: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT
Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Corporate Culture in Zara	3
Strong or Weak Culture of Zara	4
Steps for Cultural Maintenance	4
Steps for Imposing Cultural Values on the Freshers	5
Possible Impacts of Positive Cultural Values on Organizational Commitment and Job Performance	6
Interview	7
Conclusion	7
References	8
Appendix	9
Introduction
Organizational culture actually assembles the expectations, the basic practices, various ways to communicate and the values in order to guide the actions of the team members and therefore contributes to the distinctive psychological and social atmosphere of the organization. Zara certainly maintains all these cultural values within their organization.
Corporate Culture in Zara
Corporate culture basically refers to behavior, values and beliefs that control the employees and management of an organization to interact inside and outside of the company. A positive organizational culture always creates a constructive outlook of the employees and the management in their workplace thereby leading to an effective and progressive future.
Therefore, in order to maintain the cultural values of an organization the employees and the management both should be transparent and flexible while dealing with their customers. According to Warrick (2017), creative learning should be carried out with enjoyment, safety and security should follow an order thereby resulting in caring and loving atmosphere in an organization.
The main components of corporate cultures are firstly, the values and vision of the organization, which should be determined in order to compete in the market. In Zara, the cultural values were given importance as they produce different cloths from various materials and distribute them to various regions with different cultural people.
Second is the positive attitude of the management towards their employees because they are cultural carriers and therefore spread positive feedbacks. Third is the narrative, which includes celebration of employees’ success, annual meetings where the employees should be allowed to speak. The last one is the different environmental factors suiting the employees and management.
Strong or Weak Culture of Zara
A strong culture in an organization will always maintain certain habits such as the values, norms, traditions, respect, techniques, symbols, rules and regulations and many more. The main motto of Zara is to produce clothes and garments to different cultural peoples belonging from different background, class, religion, sex and many more.
Therefore, the employees of Zara should understand the cultural sentiments and need of the customers and for that, the employee first of all should maintain the cultural decorum inside and outside the organization. The team leaders of an organization should guide the employees with behavioral rules, rituals and traditions in order to recognize the competitive circumstances, strategic directions and customers’ requirements.
A weak culture in an organization means to justify one’s own belief and moral principles.

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