The Importance Of An Organizational Culture

An Organizational culture can be very dependent on the type of business and how what the business wishes to accomplish. For example, Nuclear power plants should have a similar culture, and for good reason, their culture should be based on safety. Safety should be their number 1 priority preventing any types of mistakes or disasters. However, there are Power Plants that have a culture of becoming the number 1 electricity provider in the industry. When looking back at failed organizational cultures for Power Plants, the first glaring evidence is the Chernobyl accident. The International Atomic Energy Agency indicated that that accident occurred because of a deficient safety culture (Ryu and Meshkati, 2014). One of important distinction about organizational culture is that it is learned, it is a behavior that is taught and not innate, however, the habits that are learned can be passed on to your predecessor

Each organizational culture is unique in how it is established and the components that make it up. However, there are potentially six components that can lead to developing a solid organizational culture. The eight components are Vision, Values, Practice, People, Wellbeing, Narrative, Place and Safety (Coleman, 2013). Each culture must have its beginning point, and it usually begins with the Vision. In order to build a successful organizational culture you must begin with the Vision which is typically a phrase that identifies the organization’s purpose, it is also commonly known as a mission statement. The organization must outline how they expect to achieve the vision, by placing Values at its core, which explains the expectations of its members. Without Practice, the Vision and Values have no true meaning aside from being just words, so it is important that