As the introduction is now over let me start sharing one of the HR lectures of my class. Although I do not want to make it my specialization, still I find it interesting. I wont be hyperbolic to say that my choice of specialization in MBA program will be influenced by the pay packet, although it will play a minor role and the major factor would be my interest.
So getting ahead with the culture of an organization. The simplest definition could by "The way things are done around here". While talking about the culture in organization the professor decided to present one of his own observation about IIT kanpur.
In IIT Kanpur, there is a story floating of a boy from the Computer Sc. Dept. He applied to M.I.T department of Mathematics for P.G program. Now the Computer Sc. Guys at M.I.T stole his application form and asked him to come and visit their dept. and then decide finally if he wanted to join. The boy said that he did not want to join a college in which a dept. steals the application form, from another dept. The point stressed in the story was that a student of IIT Kanpur could refuse an institution like M.I.T. This story for reiterated over and over again to every oncoming batch with the name of the boy changed and the date for incident incremented one year every year. So this was the culture, the new batch was put forward, that you are the best. And you have to uphold that tradition.
Another part of the culture was dressing shabbily. Lots of students there used to be from metropolitan cities and used to dress well, but within a week they were also seen sporting bathroom slippers and uncombed hair at the classes. The underlying principle here was that outward appearance was not important and all that mattered was your knowledge and talent. There is a culture in every organization, however small it be. It is that sometime even we don’t realize that we are a part of it. That is what organization culture is explained simply.
So getting ahead with the culture of an organization. The simplest definition could by "The way things are done around here". While talking about the culture in organization the professor decided to present one of his own observation about IIT kanpur.
In IIT Kanpur, there is a story floating of a boy from the Computer Sc. Dept. He applied to M.I.T department of Mathematics for P.G program. Now the Computer Sc. Guys at M.I.T stole his application form and asked him to come and visit their dept. and then decide finally if he wanted to join. The boy said that he did not want to join a college in which a dept. steals the application form, from another dept. The point stressed in the story was that a student of IIT Kanpur could refuse an institution like M.I.T. This story for reiterated over and over again to every oncoming batch with the name of the boy changed and the date for incident incremented one year every year. So this was the culture, the new batch was put forward, that you are the best. And you have to uphold that tradition.
Another part of the culture was dressing shabbily. Lots of students there used to be from metropolitan cities and used to dress well, but within a week they were also seen sporting bathroom slippers and uncombed hair at the classes. The underlying principle here was that outward appearance was not important and all that mattered was your knowledge and talent. There is a culture in every organization, however small it be. It is that sometime even we don’t realize that we are a part of it. That is what organization culture is explained simply.
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