Organizational Culture Impact

Introduction

Organizational culture is a set of key values, assumptions, and beliefs that are shared by an organization’s members. The combined key values create a custom attitude or culture that is followed by the organization’s members. The culture represents the “personality of the organization” (McNamara, 1999). Through the observation of employee behavior one can help predict an organization’s culture that influences its business attitude. Organizational culture can also help distinguish two companies from each other. One company may have an aggressive culture while the other a more conservative culture. Most importantly, organizational culture is a key element that helps define, support and reinforces the standard for appropriate behavior within the organization (Gray-Larson, 2005).

The influence of organizational culture

Project managers are thrust into daily situations with various other organizations such as suppliers, vendors, subcontractors, government and regulatory agencies and in some cases community groups. As one may expect, different organizations may have different cultures. It is important for a project manager to understand these differences in order to form successful partnerships.

Can culture influence sponsorship? The answer is yes. The dictionary defines sponsor “as an individual or organization who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing --- a person or an organization