Kinship approach
There are many suggestions on possible solutions for culture issues, i.e. workers’ attitude (reluctant to their boss, negligent to working safety), workers’ participation (less commitment, less participation, etc.) by way of kinship. Regarding this matter, the interview participants said:
‘I think it is good if we do a kinship approach especially to the field workers. Imagine that when the production is low or nothing, they are really have a hard heart, but when they have more money because of high production result, it is easy to talk with them. So, we have to see the situation. We should talk nicely with them while in a rest and relax time. Talking about their family in outside island. It will so touching rather than talk about tin production.’(M4)
‘Once a week when they get payment, we could have a light-talk and even through jokes, talking about our 'wrongdoings ' and how we should do a right ones. If managers are nice to the workers, I am sure workers are accept their suggestions.’(M5)
‘Like people here say, it is a kinship sir, there is no different among roles and cultural background. My experience say that we could approached them (the outsiders) by slow and relax and share about our families, about our health. I think management can use this approach otherwise they could work greedy to get money as much
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Involving workers as to participate in solving safety and ergonomics problems has some positive impacts, i.e. to create ownership, better commitment, better understanding of ergonomics design changes (Imada & Robertson 1987; IOE - HSE 1998). In order to participate effectively in the development of safety in the workplace, some appropriate key elements that can guide SMEs to achieve workers’ involvement in Indonesian tin
In 2014 a little over 3 million children in the United States were under the guardianship of a relative other than their parent (Szilagyi, 2014). This agreement is referred to as kinship. Kinship care is defined as the care of children by relatives or close family friends, also known as fictive kin, after they have been removed from biological parents. Relatives are usually looked to as the primary resource of care support because they maintain the child's connections with the family and help to preserve the cultural values of the family. (ChildWelfare.gov) Kinship care is divided into three different categories: informal kinship care, voluntary kinship care, and formal kinship care (child welfare information gateway, 2016).
In his 1943 work, “Sex Roles in the American Kinship System,” Talcott Parsons addresses his beliefs that the individual gendered roles in the nuclear family are essential to creating a functioning family dynamic. During this time period, the United States was in between wars and working to recover from the Great Depression. These significant events greatly shaped society not only at the time, but for future generations as well. It is almost impossible for a theorist of this time, such as Parsons, not to be influenced by such drastic social conditions and changes.
In the novel Waterlily by Ella Cara Deloria, kinship plays a key role in the depiction of Dakota society in the novel. Throughout the novel, kinship is instrumental in the development of community ties and familial relations throughout Dakota society. With her depiction of kinship roles and obligations, Deloria argues that kinship brings honor and interconnectedness between the members of society. Through her portrayal of Waterlily’s communities ties, her view of kinship practices is strengthened through her illustration of the Dakota civilization’s view that kinship practices help extend graciousness throughout their community and create bonds that last throughout generations.
How would a society mature if it did not advance alongside technology? This is one of the questions impressed upon me while reading an excerpt from American poet and author Robert Bly’s book The Sibling Society. Bly defines a sibling society as a society that is filled with half-mature adults filling the void left by improper role models. They use internet and electronic entertainment as a substitution for the values and convictions that would have been imparted in them by an authoritative figure. Although we have an alarming amount of immature adults, we are not becoming a sibling society due to technology. With the use of technology, recent generations are now growing up with an awareness of the issues in the world around them, helping them
As we learn from the case study, the Lincoln Electric Company is the largest global manufacturer of machines for welding, which are used in all kinds of construction projects. This means that the company has a large global presence and many employees, so its culture affects thousands of its workers. Even though it is now 2014, the company still has a large market share and very satisfied employees, so clearly the culture leaves employees satisfied and motivates them to work hard for the company.
Culture can be defined as “A pattern of basic assumptions invented, discovered or developed by a given group as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration that has worked well enough to be considered valid, and therefore to be taught to the new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problems”. Schein (1988). Organizational culture can be defined as a system of shared beliefs and values that develops within an organization and guides the behavior of its members. It includes routine behaviors, norms, dominant values, and feelings or climates. The purpose and function of this culture is to help foster internal integration, bring staff members from all levels of the organization closer together, and enhance their performance.
Culture is “a system of shared beliefs and values that develops within an organisation and guides the behaviour of its members” (Schermerhorn et al. 2011). It plays an important role in any organisation. For instance, in Woolworths we can se...
This type of culture results in lack of communication, lack of direction towards a common objective/goal and lack of commitment to the To ensure all the employees are competent, they need to develop a system to measure this competency. For example, they can do assessments to gauge competency. Besides that, they should provide compulsory and supplementary training to their employees to add in value and skills. Mentoring systems also can be implemented to ensure sharing of knowledge and experiences. Performance Rewards.
This essay gives a basic idea of what organizational culture is, and emphasis on the controversial issues of managing organizational cultures. As there are various definitions for organizational culture, and none of them are universally agreed. Therefore, for an easier understanding by readers, the definition of organizational culture given in this essay focusing on levels of culture, and will be discussed t together with Schein's(1983) framework. Before talking about managing organizational cultures, the types will be introduced first. Because, there are some descriptions about managing different types of organizational cultures, in the following content.
This chapter is one of the most influential elements in telling about the organizations workplace, because it affects how you work and how one views his/her identity. In this chapter, it explains the workplace culture and how things are done, for example, we learn things through a process of socialization and subcultures. “Through socialization, individuals acquire a working knowledge of their society’s values and norms…and they get a sense of where they fit in by learning about the roles they are expected to occupy” (Volti 135). From this chapter I learned about workplace culture,“Which shapes the kind of work people do and the way in which they do it”(Volti 133). Also, how work can affect one’s identity,“The occupations we hold and the jobs we do can affect how we see ourselves and how we are perceived by others”(Volti 138). Subcultures are a small culture within a larger one; for example, within the organization(large culture) there can be smaller groups of people with similarities who have the same beliefs as yourself (subculture). This is related to the two organizations I chose because they are both organizations that are intended to help others, and by working in an environment where people have the same intention as I, it might lead to a more positive workplace and happier environment. If for example, the coworkers
Organisational culture is emergent and socially created by constant interactions of organisational members with their environment as well as with each other. Looking at the former, Schein (1985) defines culture as learned solutions to problems that arise from positive problem-solving situations, be it problems of “external adaptation” or “internal integration”. Essentially, when confronted a problem that threatens the continuing survival of an organisation, members of the organisation would try out various responses until they discover one that most effectively remedies the situation. This solution, once accepted, is absorbed into the culture and becomes a cultural norm. For the latter, culture also emerges as a way for members to cope with environmental anxieties. For example, in order to cope with the stress of their occupational responsibilities and develop an effective way to communicate their points with each other, members of an organisation may develop their own jargon and language, which then becomes an implicit cultural
Organizational culture is the key to organizational excellence and leadership is a function to create and manage culture (Chen 1992). Organizational researchers have become more aware of the importance of understanding and enhancing the cultural life of the institution. "This study is one of a group of companies with high-performance in North America, interest in organizational culture is an important element in organizational success. Tesluk et al (1997). Looking at the" soft "of the organization, the researchers claim that" the organizational culture may be suitable for a means to explore and understanding of life at work, and make them more humane and more pronounced (Tesluk et al, 1997), and the graves (1986) also stressed the importance of corporate culture, and the need for research strategies and methods of investigating the various elements and processes of the organizational culture. He argued the culture that meets the basic needs of belonging and security in an attempt to describe this gathering that culture is "the only thing that distinguishes one company from another gives them coherence and self-confidence and rationalises the lives of those who work for it. Standard that may seem random, is to enhance the life to be different, and safe to be similar, and culture is a concept that provides the means to achieve this compromise (p. 157).
...ir cultures to family friendly ones by providing their employees with flexibility. However, these companies driven to adopt the family friendly culture just because it makes a great business sense and leads to increase in productivity. Organizations need to start to recognize the value in supporting their employees and helping them to balance work and family life. Thru doing so, these companies will be able to attain the competitive edge just like some very successful organizations that are well known for such practices.
1) Throughout the world societies view marriage and kinship systems from different vantage points. Depending on their government, religion, social interactions, as well as economic circumstances, these factors all play essential roles in how they define marriage and family. Universally, society puts in place rules that govern sexual access between males and females (Nanda, Warms, 2017, p.221). As a result, these rules help to organize labor, distribute individual rights, administer social positions between generations, and relegate how these relationships interact with each other. Often it is because of these external sources that are responsible for determining what type of marriage or family system is deemed acceptable among a
Kinship is used to describe the relationship that exists between or among entities or individuals that share a common origin in terms of culture, historical ancestry or biological relationship. Kinship refers to the relationships defined by a particular culture among or between individuals who have a common family ties. Kinship is used as a basis to classify people and to form social groups in the different societies.