Business Management · Unit 2: Human resource management
2.5 — Organizational (corporate) culture
Business Management · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Organizational culture
The shared values, beliefs and norms that shape how people behave in an organization.
Types of culture
Charles Handy’s “Gods of Management” describe power, role, task and person cultures.
Cultural clashes when organizations change
Clashes arise when organizations grow, merge or change leadership styles and cultures collide.