Organizational Culture in the Workplace

¶ … APPLE'S ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Organizational Culture in the Workplace

Effects of Apple's organizational culture on organizational development and change

Organizational philosophy, mission, vision, values and structure

Apple's business philosophy is designed around its core values of simplicity, innovativeness, control, participation, dedication, collaboration and excellence. The company strives to provide simple solutions to the needs of consumers. The company also believes that they only exist to provide great products to their customers. Therefore, they strive to participate only in those markets where the company makes a significant contribution. The company believes that by saying no to thousands of projects, they are able to keep their focus on the few projects which are extremely important and meaningful to both the company and its customers. The company believes in creating new partnerships and strengthening their existing ones to allow them to be innovative in ways which other organizations are not able. The company also does not settle for anything less than excellence. It strives to be honest at all times and to exercise courage in tackling its problems as well as to find the projects which are most beneficial.

The company's vision is "To make a contribution to the world by making tools for the mind that advance humankind." The organizational structure of Apple is designed to create a high performance work environment and to contribute to the strict secrecy of the company. Simplicity is also the guiding value in the design of the organizational structure of Google. The structure is centered on giving each person command and control over their role, and they become able to share ideas in all directions.

Relationship with the organizational culture

The culture of Apple is one of change. It is driven by the desire to outperform and succeed in all its endeavors. The structure of the organization has also transformed to be more competitive, and though the company has been restructured severally, it has always been able to regain control of its finances and operations thus being able to remain competitive on the global market Rosenthal & Masarech, 2003.

The company's unique structure has enabled the company to grow quite fast and to be able to react fast to changes in the business environment.

Effects of organizational culture on the organization's workforce

The organizational culture of Apple helps the company to be successful in its endeavors and to create a high performance work environment which is because of the high productivity that is encouraged in the workforce. The employees of the organization are also taught on the boundaries that exist between their behavior and performance. Therefore, they are encouraged to behave in the right way which ensures there is a high performance Kotter, 1992.

Since culture is developed slowly and becomes engrained in the organization slowly, it creates huge benefits for the organization and its workforce in terms of motivating and encouraging them to give their best in the organization. As a result of Apple's organizational culture being centered on simplicity, it is easy to understand and to incorporate in the everyday activities.