Anticlue

Diagnosising an Organization's Work Culture

Developing an accurate perspective on an organization's culture can be accomplished by asking the right questions at the right time. The following is a list that can help to align the people with their culture:

• What is the organization's overriding strategic intent?
• How is the organization structured?
• What are the organizations values?
• How is work organized
• How are decisions made?
• How are resources allocated?
• Which behaviors are encouraged?
• Which are prohibited?
• What kind of people work for the organization? What are their values? How do they think?
• How do they act?
• How much power do they have?
• How much risk are they allowed, and how much do they want to take?
• How are they selected and developed?
• How are they rewarded?
• How is pay viewed is it seen as an investment or merely the cost of doing business?