What is it about?
This study reports on the organizational culture and its influence on the organizational performance. It focuses on these six elements: environment, mission, leadership, information, strategy and socialization.The analysis of interviews with students and faculty members (at one higher education institution) indicated the congruence between the perspectives of students and those of the faculty members on some particular elements. In addition to confirming that most of the organizational culture elements are encouraging, the analysis also showed that all culture elements have a strong influence on the individual performance which in turn contributes to the overall performance of the university.
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Why is it important?
This is a significant study as it reports on the concept of the organizational culture with its main elements. Understanding these elements and how they intersect with one another is very important for institutional leaders/administrators, teachers and students. Further, applying these six elements of the organizational culture strengthens the good relationships among the affiliates (students, teachers, and administrators) of the organization/university. Moreover, the study is also important in informing that a good performance of an individual will positively influence the rest of the affiliates and therefore there must be a strong collaboration among all organization/university affiliates regardless of their position or academic status. As a result, by reporting the perspectives of students and instructors on the organizational culture concept and its elements, the authors hope that university administrators would reconsider both teachers and students in the processes of making decisions. This will help implement decisions effectively; leading to better university performances and achievements.
Perspectives
By focusing on the six elements of the organizational culture (i.e. mission, leadership, information, strategy and socialization), the study findings revealed that most of the elements of the organizational culture are encouraging towards the success of university missions and visions. More specifically, they inform that a friendly environment is of high value for both academics and students. While remembering the university mission statement is important, practicing it is more significant. The informal way of disseminating information among students and faculty members is found to be the active method for facilitating the rapid flow of information; however, this might also create information distortion. A well-organized socialization program is of high significance for students and teachers: this would give them some clues about how things work, and increase their awareness of the subculture that probably exists in specific university settings. When students and/or faculty members have less chance to participate in academic decisions, this would in turn and in effect decrease their opportunity to know and believe in reforming changes related to their working environment. Moreover, when the academic leaders do not allocate some time for interacting with faculty members and students, the overall performance is not solid. This said, all elements of the organizational culture have some degree of influence on the individual’s performance which in turn could contribute to the overall performance of the university.
Dr. Abdulghani Muthanna
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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This page is a summary of: Organizational culture and its influence on the performance of higher education institutions: The case of a state university in Beijing, International Journal of Research Studies in Education, February 2019, Consortia Academia Publishing,
DOI: 10.5861/ijrse.2019.3026.
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