Business Question

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Business Finance

Herzing University Online

Description

Course Objective

This assessment addresses the following course objective(s):

  • Describe the relevance of communication in the organizational process.
  • Summarize effective group conflict resolution techniques.
  • Analyze how an organization’s design influences organizational behavior.
  • Assess how organizational behavior is affected by individual and group differences.
  • Explain how different leadership styles influence organizational culture and organizational behavior

Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is to understand the internal and external factors (environmental forces) that drive change in organizational cultures. Using the chart below, select 3 organizations and identify the internal and external factors that drive change and innovation within the organization. Write a 750–1000-word paper comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences of each organizational culture.

Ex: Walmart’s culture is different from Amazon’s culture in what ways? Explain the differences. Below is a list of companies to choose from for this assignment.

  1. Starbucks
  2. Amazon
  3. Instagram
  4. Google
  5. Capital One Bank
  6. McDonald’s
  7. Coca-Cola
  8. Pepsi
  9. Walgreen’s
  10. Facebook
  11. Twitter
  12. Walmart

Company Name

Ex: Starbucks

Leadership Styles

Values

Competitive Drive

Consumer Demand

Submit

Word Document including

  • Table of Companies attributes
  • 750–1000-word paper comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences of each organizational culture

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Explanation & Answer

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RUNNING HEAD: Organizational Culture

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Organizational Culture
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Department and Institution
Course Code
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Organizational Culture

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The organizational culture of a business is integral because it influences important
measures such as profitability, product quality, employee satisfaction, as well as customer
service. The dominant organizational culture influences the business’s performance and success
in the industry. This paper compares the organizational culture of Walmart, Coca-Cola, and
Amazon to identify factors that distinguish the businesses from one another and any similarities
that exist between the organizational cultures of these organizations.
McDonald’s culture is employee-centric. The organization’s commitment to its
employees is demonstrated in helping the workers attain their career and personal growth goals
as well as the nurturing of good relationships between the employees and their supervisors. The
company employees get training at Hamburger University on various business dimensions of the
employees’ choosing (Adams, 2009). The plenty of performance-based remuneration makes it
easier for the employees to attain their financial goals. This employee-centered culture
demonstrated at McDonald’s is quite different from the organizational culture demonstrated at
Amazon. The Amazon culture is very intense and result-oriented where the employees are put
under a lot of pressure to attain the set goals. This result-oriented culture is ver...


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