Dimensions of Culture, Competitive Advantage, and Organizational Structure

Dimensions of Culture, Competitive Advantage, and Organizational Structure
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Introduction
This paper focuses on critical areas of organizational culture that include dimensions of culture, competitive advantage, and organizational structure. It demonstrates that organizational culture is a broad concept made up of various subunits that define the overall status of a business or a corporate entity. As a manager for Dysfunctional Software, one can learn a lot from Spotify, especially when creating an image of an organization that seeks to draw talent in the form of human resource recruitment. The representation of the company through the adoption of positive work culture involves seeking individuals who maximize efficiency and productivity at the organizational and individual levels. Dysfunctional Software should be portrayed as a corporate organization that shows outstanding commitment to its employees and has a positive corporate culture. Employees are encouraged to adopt core values such as fun while working. The Spotify video provides crucial learning points in this paper ranging from organization dimensions of culture, competitive advantage to organization structure, which are the focal points of discussion.
                                                      Organizational Culture 
Organizational culture is an aggregate of its practices, norms, traditions, or ways of doing things. It is a broad concept that defines how people interact as they undertake regular organizational responsibilities. Thus, organizational culture reflects a collection of values, norms, expectations, and practices that serves as a blueprint and inform the actions of all team members.
Seven Dimensions of Culture Discussion 
Innovation and Risk-taking
Innovation is a crucial concept that forms part of organizational culture. Spotify embraces innovation but does not lose the benefits gained from repeatability (Wendt,2019:14.00-15.00 min). In Spotify, squads proactively engage in innovation. Squads are supported by chapters that connect competencies across squads (Wendt,2019:8.07 min). Organizations need innovation to progress. Innovation is a much-talked-about process. Innovation goes beyond the generation and application of new ideas, including identifying new strategies for doing things, modifying business processes and models, and embracing changes that improve services and products. Innovation culture involves a work environment that embraces increased flexibility in applying new strategies for resolving existing problems or using new ways to achieve particular objectives. Innovation should not start from a particle person or only someone in leadership or management. Instead, everyone in an organization has the potential to present innovative strategies, products, or services. Risk-taking is an art tha...