Components of Organizational Culture Based on Denison Model

Seyed Abdol Rasoul Hosseini

doi:10.12816/0018844

Article Details

Components of Organizational Culture Based on Denison Model

Authors:

Seyed Abdol Rasoul Hosseini

Publisher:

American University

Main Topics:

General management

Journal:

Kuwait Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.3 Issue 12 (a), pp.31-42

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

75284

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

22248358

DOI:

10.12816/0018844

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Abstract:

 In their way towards the achievement of development goals in terms of economic, social,cultural, and political dimensions, developing countries are facing the lack of an appropriateculture in their administrative systems not to mention technological issues and complexities. Arelevant issue here is organizational culture that is regarded as a tool facilitating our encounterwith organizational issues and forming our interpretation of the nearby events. In other words,organizational culture is a series of dominant and interrelated values that is convey by symbolicconcepts such as stories, myths, slogans, and proverbs. Due to its influential nature that canaffect the performance and the behavior of the members of the organization, organizationalculture plays an important role in internal control, employees’ behaviors, and the prevention ofundesirable behaviors. As such, concerning the significance of culture in organizations; thepresent study was conducted on the secondary school principals in the District 4 of theDepartment of Education in Shiraz. This qualitative-applied study used a descriptive-surveydesign. The data were collected through questionnaires distributed among the participants andwere analyzed using SPSS Software. The results indicated that there is a relationship between thecomponents of organizational culture such as involvement, consistency, adaptability, andmission among secondary schools in Shiraz. Generally, it was noted that organizational culturehas a desirable position among the participants under study.

Article Details

Components of Organizational Culture Based on Denison Model

Authors:

Seyed Abdol Rasoul Hosseini

Publisher:

American University

Main Topics:

General management

Journal:

Kuwait Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.3 Issue 12 (a), pp.31-42

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

75284

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

22248358

DOI:

10.12816/0018844

Descriptors:

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

HUMAN RESOURCES

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT

IRAN

Organizational Culture

Denison Model

Department of Education

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Article Details

Authors: Seyed Abdol Rasoul Hosseini

Publisher: American University

Main Topics: General management

Journal: Kuwait Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.3 Issue 12 (a), pp.31-42

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2014

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 75284

Frequency: Monthly

pISSN: 22248358

DOI: 10.12816/0018844

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Seyed Abdol Rasoul Hosseini

Publisher:

American University

Main Topics:

General management

Journal:

Kuwait Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.3 Issue 12 (a), pp.31-42

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

75284

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

22248358

DOI:

10.12816/0018844