CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP IN ORGANISATIONS ((‘There is no single best culture.' ))

Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: A Speech Culture and Leadership in Organizations Introduction I`m going to talk about the concepts surrounding organization culture. All the four types of organization culture will be brought forth in this speech. It has been noted that in the modern business environment, there is no single best culture, each organization works well with a hybrid of various cultural orientations. It will be appropriate if I clarify what organizational culture means; basically, it refers to set of values, norms, attitudes, experiences, perceptions and beliefs that are unique to an organization. It is practiced from two broad levels; individual and collectively. Additionally, it is worth noting that it is the culture of any organization that fosters or hinders organizational effectiveness (Cummings & Worley 131). Culture and Leadership in Organizations "My big idea is that there is no single organizational culture that is best and can yield very good result without being supplement by the others in whatever degree of incorporation of other types" In my own view, organizations that have a tendency for a strong and shared culture enjoys better performance in terms of employee commitment, it is also associated with lower quit rates that are coupled with maximum customer satisfaction and very high profits. I believe all these cannot be achieved by using a single type of organizational culture. My ideas are heavily borrowed from (Black 23). Types of organization culture Despite the fact that different scholars, organizations as well as theorists might hold the opinion that there are varied kinds of organizational culture; they are all in consensus of four main types of organization culture. These four include; the clan culture, hierarchy culture, market culture and the adhocracy culture. It is worth noting that there are other names which are used but usually refers to these four. The terms are collaborative (clan), creative (adhocracy), complete (market) and control (hierarchy) cultures. It is worth noting that all these types do have their stronger sans well as weak side (drawbacks) (Cummings & Worley 13). The market culture In this kind of organization culture, it is important to note that the main characteristic is that the organization is result oriented in which the major concern is nothing short of ensuring that the desired job is done. Individuals in this kind of set up are very competitive and are result/goal oriented. It is worth noting that this came in the wake of realization of the draw backs of hierarchical culture. Although it values stability and control just like hierarchy, this culture has in it adoption of external focuses which values integration and differentiation. Additionally, this culture believes in the concept of partnering and building a warm relationship in case of a business, good and smooth transactions between customers, suppliers, legislators, unions among others. Productivity and competitiveness are the key word (Roche & Sadowsky 17). A typical example of such a culture is found in General Electric when Welch Jack was its CEO. The main problem with this kind of culture is that it can make an organization easily open up to new ideas th...