CHAPTER 14
Shaping
Culture and
Values
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Learning Objectives (slide 1 of 3)
• Understand why shaping culture is a vital
function of leadership
• Recognize the characteristics of a responsive,
as opposed to a resistant, culture
• Know how to establish a high-performance
culture by paying attention to both values and
results
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Learning Objectives (slide 2 of 3)
• Understand and apply how leaders shape
culture and values through ceremonies, stories,
symbols, language, selection and socialization,
and daily actions
• Identify the cultural values associated with
adaptability, achievement, involvement, and
consistency cultures and the environmental
conditions associated with each
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Learning Objectives (slide 3 of 3)
• Act as a values-based leader and instill healthy
values in the organizational culture
• Apply the principles of spiritual leadership to
help people find deeper life meaning and a
sense of membership through work
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Culture and Norms
Culture
• The set of key values, assumptions, understandings, and norms that is shared by members of an
organization and taught to new members as correct
Norms
• Shared standards that define what behaviors are
acceptable and desirable within a group of people
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Exhibit 14.1 – Levels of
Corporate Culture
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Importance of Culture
It integrates members so that they
know how to relate to one another
It helps the organization adapt to the
external environment
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Internal Integration (slide 1 of 2)
Develops a collective identity
Helps members work together effectively
Guides day-to-day working relationships
Determines how people communicate
in the organization
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Internal Integration (slide 2 of 2)
Determines what behavior is acceptable
Determines how power and status are
allocated
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External Adaptation
• Determines how to meet goals and deal with
outsiders
• Helps to respond rapidly to customer needs or
the moves of a competitor
• Encourages employee commitment to the core
purpose of the organization
• Determines what is needed to meet external
challenges
• Embodies the values and assumptions needed
to succeed
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Culture Strength
The degree of agreement
among employees about the
importance of specific values
and ways of doing things
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Exhibit 14.2 – Responsive versus
Resistant Cultures
Source: Based on John P. Kotter and James L. Heskett, Corporate Culture and Performance (New York: The Free Press, 1992), p. 51.
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Culture Gap
The difference between
desired and actual values
and behaviors
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Exhibit 14.3 – Combining Culture
and Performance
Source: Adapted from Jeff Rosenthal and Mary Ann Masarech, ‘‘High-Performance Cultures: How Values Can Drive Business Results,’’
Journal of Organizational Excellence (Spring 2003), pp. 3–18; and Dave Ulrich, Steve Kerr, and Ron Ashkenas, Figure 11–2, GE
Leadership Decision Matrix, The GE Work-Out: How to Implement GE’s Revolutionary Method for Busting Bureaucracy and Attacking
Organizational Problems—Fast! (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002), p. 230.
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High-Performance Culture
A culture that is based on a
solid mission, embodies
shared responsive values
that guide decisions, and
encourages individual
ownership of both bottom-line
results and cultural values
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Cultural Leader
A leader who actively uses
signals and symbols to
influence corporate culture
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Cultural Leadership
• Cultural leaders influence culture
– Articulate a vision for the organizational culture
that employees can believe in
– Heed the day-to-day activities that reinforce the
cultural vision
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Mechanisms That Enact
Cultural Values (slide 1 of 2)
Rites and ceremonies
Stories
Symbols
Specialized language
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Mechanisms That Enact
Cultural Values (slide 2 of 2)
Selection and socialization
Daily actions
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Ceremony (slide 1 of 2)
A planned activity that makes
up a special event and is
generally conducted for the
benefit of an audience
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Ceremony (slide 2 of 2)
• Reinforce specific values
• Create a bond among employees
• Celebrate employees who symbolize important
achievements
– Ceremonies are often accompanied by the
presentation of awards
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Story (slide 1 of 2)
A narrative based on true
events that is repeated
frequently and shared among
employees
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Story (slide 2 of 2)
• Used to illustrate the company’s primary values
• May not be supported by facts, but is consistent
with the values and beliefs of the organization
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Symbol
An object, act, or event that
conveys meaning to others
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Specialized Language
• Language can shape and influence
organizational values and beliefs
• Leaders use slogans or sayings to express key
corporate values
• Leaders express and reinforce cultural values
through written public statements
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Socialization
The process by which a person
learns the cultural values,
norms, and behaviors that
enable him or her to “fit in” with
a group or organization
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Selection and Socialization
• Companies with healthy cultures have rigorous
hiring practices
• Socialized people “fit in” with others in the
organization
• Common socialization tools
– Leader’s act as role models
– Training programs
– Rituals
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Daily Actions
• Important to maintain the desired culture
• Evaluations should include
– Work performance
– Demonstration of organizational values
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Organizational Values (slide 1 of 2)
The enduring beliefs that have
worth, merit, and importance for
the organization
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Organizational Values (slide 2 of 2)
• Concerns
– Changes in the nature of work
– Globalization
– Increasing diversity in the workforce
– Shifts in the larger society
• Two dimensions to be assessed
– Extent to which the competitive environment
requires flexibility or stability
– Extent to which the organization’s strategic
focus and strength is internal or external
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Exhibit 14.4 – Four Corporate
Cultures
Source: Based on Paul McDonald and Jeffrey Gandz, ‘‘Getting Value from Shared Values,’’ Organizational Dynamics 21, no. 3 (Winter 1992), pp.
64–76; Deanne N. Den Hartog, Jaap J. VanMuijen, and Paul L. Koopman, ‘‘Linking Transformational Leadership and Organizational Culture,’’ The
Journal of Leadership Studies 3, no. 4 (1996), pp. 68–83; Daniel R. Denison and Aneil K. Mishra, ‘‘Toward a Theory of Organizational Culture and
Effectiveness,’’ Organizational Studies 6, no. 2 (March–April 1995), pp. 204–223; Robert Hooijberg and Frank Petrock, ‘‘On Cultural Change: Using
the Competing Values Framework to Help Leaders Execute a Transformational Strategy,’’ Human Resource Management 32, no. 1 (1993), pp. 29–
50; and R. E. Quinn, Beyond Rational Management: Mastering the Paradoxes and Competing Demands of High Performance (San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 1998).
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Types of Corporate Culture (slide 1 of 2)
Adaptability culture
• Culture characterized by values that support the
organization’s ability to interpret and translate
signals from the environment into new behavior
responses
Achievement culture
• Culture characterized by a clear vision of the
organization’s goals and leaders’ focus on the
achievement of specific targets
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Types of Corporate Culture (slide 2 of 2)
Involvement culture
• Culture with an internal focus on the involvement
and participation of employees to meet changing
expectations from the external environment
Achievement culture
• Culture with an internal focus and consistency
orientation for a stable environment
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Ethics
The code of moral principles
and values that governs the
behavior of a person or group
with respect to what is right
and wrong
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Values-Based Leadership (slide 1 of 2)
An influence relationship
between leaders and followers
that is based on shared,
strongly internalized values that
emphasize the common good
and are consistently advocated
and acted upon by the leader
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Values-Based Leadership (slide 2 of 2)
• Leaders influence organizational culture
– Demonstrating their personal values
• Generates trust and respect from employees
– Practicing spiritual leadership
• Values and practices considered as spiritual ideals
include integrity, humility, respect, appreciation for the
contributions of others, fair treatment, and personal
reflection
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Spiritual Leadership
The display of values, attitudes,
and behaviors necessary to
intrinsically motivate oneself
and others toward a sense of
spiritual expression through
calling and membership
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Exhibit 14.5 – Model of
Spiritual Leadership
Source: Based on Louis W. Fry, Sean T. Hannah, Michael Noel, and Fred O. Walumbwa, ‘‘Impact of Spiritual Leadership on Unit Performance,’’
The Leadership Quarterly 22 (2011), pp. 259–270; and Louis W. Fry, ‘‘Toward a Theory of Spiritual Leadership,’’ The Leadership Quarterly 14
(2003), pp. 693–727. Used with permission.
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