Organizational culture of Development and Social Services Commission; An Assessment on the Perception of the Existing Predominant Organizational Culture
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2019-11
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The purpose of this study is to assess and analyze the existing predominant culture and the preferred culture type. This particular study was conducted on EECMY-DASSC; by analyzing the employee’s perception of the current and desired culture type. The research was designed in a descriptive approach and the permanent employees of DASSC were taken as target population. The research was conducted on full-scale base (census) i.e. all 40 employees of the organization involved on the study. Data was mainly collected using OCAI questionnaire. 16 Semi-structured interviews and check-list based observation was also adopted as a useful data collection tool. The quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS.Version. 20. The qualitative data on the other hand was presented in a narrative way. As a result the Dominant culture types that exist at DASSC were identified as Clan and Hierarchy culture types in that order. The preference of the employees also implied the desirability of a clan culture more than the Hierarchy culture. Adhocracy culture is also relatively desirable according to the employee’s response. Hence the mission and vision of the organization focuses on social service and charity, the less dominant and also the less preferred culture type happened to be Market culture. Based on these findings it was concluded that there is satisfactory social interaction within the organization and also fair policy enforcement. But there exists weak company communication with non practical structure and guidelines that put clarity and The purpose of this study is to assess and analyze the existing predominant organizational culture and the preferred culture type. This particular study was conducted on EECMY-DASSC; by analyzing the employee’s perception of the current and desired culture type. The research was designed in a descriptive approach and the permanent employees of DASSC were taken as target population. The research was conducted on full-scale base (census) i.e. all 40 employees of the organization involved on the study. Data was mainly collected using OCAI questionnaire. 16 Semi-structured interviews and check-list based observation was also adopted as a useful data collection tool. The quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS.Version. 20. The qualitative data on the other hand was presented in a narrative way. As a result the Dominant culture types that exist at DASSC were identified as Clan and Hierarchy culture types in that order. The preference of the employees also implied the desirability of a clan culture more than the Hierarchy culture. Adhocracy culture is also relatively desirable according to the employee’s response. Hence the mission and vision of the organization focuses on social service and charity, the less dominant and also the less preferred culture type happened to be Market culture. Based on these findings it was concluded that there is satisfactory social interaction within the organization and also fair policy enforcement. But there exists weak company communication with non practical structure and guidelines that put clarity and transparency of communication under question mark. Finally this thesis recommends that Strategic emphasis for communication is very critical for the organization; specifically designing strategic communication plan to promote its preferred culture type helps the management and the staff to have common understanding of DASSC’s organizational culture.transparency of communication under question mark. Finally this thesis that Strategic emphasis for communication is very critical for the organization; specifically designing strategic communication plan to promote its preferred culture type helps the management and the staff to have common understanding of DASSC’s organizational culture.
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organizational culture and the preferred culture type