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Relationship That Exists Between Organizational Culture
Business Management
Project Structure & Project Resources
Business Management
The Relationship that Exists between Organizational Culture,
Project Structure & Project Resources
Business Management
Existing Relationships between Organizational Culture,
Project Structure and Project Resources
The Selection and Structure of Projects within the Organization
Challenges in the Acquisition of Resources
Steps the Organization Takes in Risk Assessment
Recommendations for Improvement
Summary & Conclusion
The Relationship that Exist between Organizational Culture,
Project Structure & Project Resources
Business Management
Objective
The objective of this work is to analyze the existing relationships between organizational culture, project structure and project resources. Further this work will discuss how projects are selected and structured within the current organizational culture. Finally this work will describe the challenges in acquiring resources to complete the projects and steps the organization takes to assess risks. Recommendations for improvement will also be made.
Introduction
Society, in terms of characteristics of the culture within that society has a strong relationship to the culture within organizations in that society, and most specifically as to the structural framework of the organization's projects as well as to the resources applied by the organization to its' projects. The affects of the organizations cultural structure and resource pool are demonstrated in outcomes relating to technological advances, growth rates and overall business performance.
I. Existing Relationships between Organizational Culture,
Project Structure and Project Resources
The effort has been applied...
Schneider, 1987) -- influence the content and intensity of and the consensus that exists about organizational values." (Webster, 2005)
From the available literature which to review and as stated by Webster (2005) "it appears that researchers have generally adopted the assumption that organizations develop a culture of their own that is distinct from the national and industry contexts in which the organization is embedded, thus ignoring the potential impact of external environmental factors on organizational culture." (Webster, 2005) Therefore, it can be understood that in most organizations it is 'internal' factors that are primary links between organizational culture, project structuring and resourcing concerns.
II. The Selection and Structure of Projects within the Organization
Value dimensions that characterize the culture within an organization shape the structure and selection of projects within that organization. For example "The fact that the West and East -- and more specifically the United States and Japan -- have vastly different cultural values is well-acknowledged." (Webster, 2005) A study conducted by Marcoulides and Heck, 1993) rendered conclusions that the organization's performance are affected significantly by the values characterizing the culture within that organization. Whereas in Japan due to the "consensus-bonded, group-oriented culture that emphasizes conflict avoidance, respect and concern for people, and the importance of these long-lasting relationships with others" (Sandelands, 1994 as cited by Webster, 2005) this culture gives great attention to details (Rhody and Tang, 1990) which is also…
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