Features of Organizational Culture; Human Resource Development Approach

Feghhi Farahmand, Naser

doi:10.7508/ijcr.2009.08.010

Features of Organizational Culture; Human Resource Development Approach

Author

Naser Feghhi Farahmand

Associate Professor of Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch

10.7508/ijcr.2009.08.010

Abstract

Culture and organizational climate is one of the internal factors of organization that it is very important and necessary. If any organization has been weaknesses at one of them, it could not arrive to required position. In according with history study, organizational successful depends on Organizational culture. Organizational culture is not touching phenomena but it shows real living of organizational workers. For this reason, organizational culture assessment for determine of exist of positive perception from thirteen factors of organizational culture included identification, commitment, constancy, behavior, functions, control, coordinating, individual initiative, responsibility, directing, fluency, managerial supporting and communication in small part producers firms in Tabriz city was the main goal of this research for testing of hypothesis as exist of positive relation between organizational culture factors in official organizations. High degree received from individual initiative and low degree received from managerial supporting organizational culture factor after relative questionnaires distribute for available samples mentioned organizations included managers, experts and workers that also correlation showed positive relation between organizational culture factors in organizations. Variance analysis showed that organizational culture factors at organizational different divisions about perception of workers of organizational departments that there are not difference between organizational culture factors in opinions of managers and experts of organizations but there is difference between organizational culture factors in opinions of workers.

Keywords

Human Improvement

Organizational Culture

Organizational Culture Factors

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