Culture of a Company (Part 1)

Select a prominent organization or corporation that most people are familiar with (e.g., Pepsi, IBM, Sony, etc.). Describe the characteristics of this company with the following cultural attributes in mind: innovation and risk-taking, attention to detail, outcome orientation, people orientation, team orientation, aggressiveness, and stability. Each of these characteristics exists on a continuum from low to medium to high. For each characteristic, rate the organization, and provide a rationale as to why you rated it as you did.

Origins of Culture ( Part 2)

With the same organization in mind, describe how the culture of this company began as well as the practices within the organization that keep this culture alive. Describe how employees learn this culture from the different rituals, material symbols, and language of the organization. Finally, discuss what managers could do to create a more ethical and positive culture for this organization.

Please do each topic separate. Part 1 and Part 2