"Organizational culture appears as three layers: observable artifacts, espoused values, and basic assumptions. Cultures can be classified into four types: clan, adhocracy, market, and hierarchy. Culture is transmitted to employees through symbols, stories, heroes, rites and rituals, and organizational socialization." 

 

What is your company/business/employer's culture type. Describe the characteristics that allowed you to draw this conclusion.

 

My organization has a clan culture since it binds all employees together as a family and a team. The culture creates a cohesive team that involves all employees and employee commitment. My organization has enhanced communication with all employees and stakeholders within the organization. Each employee affiliates to a team based on the role assigned. Team leader engages and listen to all team members and link the teams through communication. My company's performance is high due to high employees’ satisfaction. The company has a low employee turnover. Employee relationship is high with low conflict levels. Employees love their tasks, respect, and embrace one another (Collins, 2017).

The characteristics that led to my conclusion are participation and teamwork. My organization has all employees participating in decision-making and other activities. The organization has a family-like environment where members' nurturing takes shape. The organization has well-developed teams that work towards the vision. Employee involvement is very high through providing feedback, brainstorming, and team meetings that deliberate on the best team and organizational decisions. Organizational commitment to employees is high. It invests heavily in the training and career development of all employees (Cowan, 2017). The company rewards the achievements of the team instead of an individual. The organization assigns tasks to teams. Therefore, the company rewards the most successful team. My company leadership is horizontal, making communication easy. Employees have access to all leaders. The organization does not keep one employee on one job for a long time. Job rotation is high, giving employees equal opportunities to work in different departments and teams.