Organisational Culture Reference Story: Organising Your Culture
Recently a leading Housing association was formed through four leading mergers
and so they needed to unify their different cultures in order to work as one
united company. Looking at the organisational culture of your organisation holds
importance as it conveys how the people within your company work and where the
strengths and developmental aspects of your team lie.
The more organised and
united your culture is the stronger the benefit for your organisation.
HFI have constructed a questionnaire which identifies 13 different dimensions of
culture; this enables an organisation to identify the differences between the
ideal and actual culture of their team. We used the
CVQ (Culture Values
Questionnaire) to ascertain the culture aims for this organisation. Once
the senior management had established the ideal culture they were looking for,
HFI then used
questionnaires and focus groups with the employees to
establish the actual culture and behaviours within the company. We aimed to
investigate the existing and preferred culture of the company and also the
different sectors within the company. The goal of this was to define a common
culture for this company.
The results of our investigation allowed the company to see the difference
between the various merging groups and their cultures, and also the gaps
between the ideal culture that was wanted with the actual culture of the
corporation. Due to HFI they were able to identify how to unify the different
cultures and by focusing on specific aspects of the organisational culture;
they are working in training and development to create and maintain one
unified company.
We are currently working with this business to
select and recruit
individuals who will fit in and work effectively within this
organisational culture.
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