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Change Management: M2-2: Levels of Organizational Culture



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In this video lesson we discuss ‘organizational culture’ and by this we mean established systems of accepted behaviors, values, beliefs, and assumptions that are widely shared within the organization, and which as a result no one notices.

In this sense culture is ‘what everyone knows’ or ‘the way things are done around here’. The key is that because ‘everyone knows’, no one questions – or if they do, they are felt to be rocking the boat.

To help understand what we mean by ‘organizational culture’ we look at Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner and how they described cultures of all kinds as having three levels, level one (surface), level two (deeper) and level three (deepest).

What other things can you think of for Level 1,2 & 3?


References: The Effective Change Manager’s Handbook [ECMH]


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