Using your favorite search engine, find an article about a company with a strong organizational culture (you cannot discuss Apple or Zappos). Discuss the culture, and why it is so strong at this organization. Also discuss which of the seven characteristics of culture this organization is most likely to score the highest. Be sure to provide the link to the article. The characteristics are Innovation and risk-taking

Attention to detail

Outcome orientation

People orientation

Team orientation

Aggressiveness

Stability

 

Twitters’ Organizational Culture

Twitters’ Organizational Culture

Discuss the culture and why it is so strong.

Twitter has a solid organizational culture. The employees of the company are always warm and smiling at each other. The workers provide moral and emotional support to each other, which create favourable working conditions. The working environment is friendly, supportive, casual, and learning-based. Rooftop meetings characterize the regular running of Twitter. In addition, workers are allowed open dialogues with the company’ top management officials. Twitter workers also enjoy some privileges like free food while on-site and on-site gym for physical exercises. The organizational culture of Twitter is strong to impact the values and norms of the organization. The firm culture supports the mission, vision, and values of Twitter. Moreover, a strong culture help improves financial growth, innovation, and internal communication. Employees of the organization are also motivated to put extra effort into their work and take necessary risks for better results.

Discuss which of the seven characteristics of culture this organization is most likely to score the highest.

Twitter is most likely to score the highest in innovation and risk-taking. The top management staffs of Twitter listen to new ideas by employees. As a result, they are willing to take risks for better performance and to be respected by their junior teams. The managers encourage innovation among the staffs. Employees develop new ideas on how to improve things. The views are presented to the seniors for approval, and necessary actions are taken. All thoughts of innovation are open to discussion, and only practical ideas are actualized. Innovation put the organization up in the market share. All the creative ideas by the employees are supported financially and morally and put to work. Innovation and risk-taking encourage Twitter workers to support other people’s opinions and help in their implementation. The company performs well in the sector of innovation and risk-taking.