Final Project Part 1: Culture Analysis Paper
This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of course outcomes:
apply knowledge of the levels, components, and development of culture to inform decision making about organizational practices
analyze and describe the impact of organizational culture on performance
You will be asked to analyze an organizational culture. This could be the organization you work with, or it could be some other organization to which you have access. Remember that clubs, associations, and churches can be considered organizations.
Research (data gathering) should include (but does not need to be limited to) mainly primary sources.
Primary data is the data collected by the researcher themselves, i.e.
interview
observation
action research
case studies
life histories
questionnaires
ethnographic research
Secondary sources are data that already exists
Previous research
Official statistics
Mass media products
Diaries
Letters
Government reports
Web information
Historical data and information
Collect your data and analyze it. Describe how you collected the data (observation, interviews, surveys).
Then, analyze the organizational culture along three dimensions: artifacts, values, and underlying assumptions. Give examples of behavior, speech, or symbols that illustrate your findings. This paper should be 5-8 pages in length. Any data used (interviews, surveys, websites, etc.) should be attached as appendices. You should use at least 3 course resources.
