Discussion: Organizational culture and values
Discussion: Organizational culture and values
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Discussion: Organizational culture and values
Prepare a 10-minute presentation, not including title or reference slide) on organizational culture and values.
- Describe how alignment between the values of an organization and the values of the nurse impact nurse engagement and patient outcomes.
- Discuss how an individual can use effective communication techniques to overcome workplace challenges, encourage collaboration across groups, and promote effective problem solving. Incorporate how system needs and the culture of health may influence the outcomes. How does this relate to health promotion and disease prevention in the larger picture?
- Identify a specific instance from your own professional experience in which the values of the organization and the values of the individual nurses did or did not align. Describe the impact this had on nurse engagement and patient outcomes.
- Organizational culture is a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, which governs how people behave in organizations. These shared valueshave a strong influence on the people in theorganization and dictate how they dress, act, and perform their jobs.
organization is referred to as its culture. In groups of people who work together, organizational culture is an invisible but powerful force that influences the behavior of the members of that group. So, how do we define organizational culture?
Organizational culture is a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, which governs how people behave in organizations. These shared values have a strong influence on the people in the organization and dictate how they dress, act, and perform their jobs. Every organization develops and maintains a unique culture, which provides guidelines and boundaries for the behavior of the members of the organization. Let’s explore what elements make up an organization’s culture.
Organizational culture is composed of seven characteristics that range in priority from high to low. Every organization has a distinct value for each of these characteristics, which, when combined, defines the organization’s unique culture. Members of organizations make judgments on the value their organization places on these characteristics and then adjust their behavior to match this perceived set of values. Let’s examine each of these seven characteristics.
Characteristics of Organizational Culture
The seven characteristics of organizational culture are:
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Business 107: Organizational Behavior22 chapters | 142 lessons | 13 flashcard sets
- What is Organizational Culture? – Definition & Characteristics7:37
- 8:18Next Lesson
- Organizational Subculture: Definition & Examples9:07
- Creating and Sustaining Organizational Culture4:59
- Dysfunction in Organizational Culture: Institutionalization & Barriers7:57
- Ethical Culture and Positive Culture in Organizations8:28
- Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Culture8:12
- Go toOrganizational Culture
- Factors that Cause Change in Organizations: Planned and Unplanned6:18
- Overcoming Barriers to Change in Organizations5:51
- Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model of Management10:45
- Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model7:50
- What Is Action Research? – Executing Organizational Change8:18
- What Is Organizational Development? – Executing Organizational Change5:45
- Employee Behavior & Attitudes During Organizational Change8:43
- Go toOrganizational Change and Organizational Behavior
Organizational Culture and Values – Rubric
Rubric Criteria
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Criterion |
1. Unsatisfactory |
2. Less than Satisfactory |
3. Satisfactory |
4. Good |
5. Excellent |
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Presentation of Content Presentation of Content |
0 points The content lacks a clear point of view and logical sequence of information. Includes little persuasive information. Sequencing of ideas is unclear. |
39 points The content is vague in conveying a point of view and does not create a strong sense of purpose. Includes some persuasive information. |
41.08 points The presentation slides are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization or in their relationships to each other. |
46.28 points The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information exhibiting a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Includes persuasive information from reliable sources. |
52 points The content is written clearly and concisely. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The project includes motivating questions and advanced organizers. The project gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea. |
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Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.) Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.) |
0 points Inappropriate word choice and lack of variety in language use are evident. Writer appears to be unaware of audience. Use of primer prose indicates writer either does not apply figures of speech or uses them inappropriately. |
4.88 points Some distracting inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately. |
5.14 points Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part. |
5.79 points The writer is clearly aware of audience, uses a variety of appropriate vocabulary for the targeted audience, and uses figures of speech to communicate clearly. |
6.5 points The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in distinctive and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope. |
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Influence of Organizational Needs and Culture of Health Care on Organizational Outcomes Influence of Organizational Needs and Culture of Health Care on Organizational Outcomes |
0 points How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is not discussed. |
7.8 points How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is partially presented. There are major omissions and inaccuracies. |
8.22 points How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is generally discussed. How these relate to health promotion and disease prevention from a community health perspective is summarized. The relationship among these is not clearly established. More information is needed. There are some inaccuracies. |
9.26 points How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is discussed. How these relate to health promotion and disease prevention from a community health perspective is described. The relationship among these is generally established. Some information or rationale is needed. |
10.4 points How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is clearly discussed. How these relate to health promotion and disease prevention from a community health perspective is described in detail. The relationship among these is established. Rationale and evidence is provided for support. |
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Layout Layout |
0 points The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings, and subheadings to enhance the readability. The text is extremely difficult to read with long blocks of text, small point size for fonts, and inappropriate contrasting colors. Poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or bold formatting is evident. |
4.88 points The layout shows some structure, but appears cluttered and busy or distracting with large gaps of white space or a distracting background. Overall readability is difficult due to lengthy paragraphs, too many different fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold, or lack of appropriate indentations of text. |
5.14 points The layout uses horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. Sometimes the fonts are easy to read, but in a few places the use of fonts, italics, bold, long paragraphs, color, or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability. |
5.79 points The layout background and text complement each other and enable the content to be easily read. The fonts are easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text. |
6.5 points The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings, and white space. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point. The background and colors enhance the readability of the text. |
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Effective Strategies for Resolving Conflict Effective Strategies for Resolving Workplace Conflict and Encouraging Interprofessional Collaboration |
0 points Effective strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration are omitted. |
7.8 points Strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration are partially discussed. It is unclear how the proposed strategies would be effective; the proposed strategies are not relevant. |
8.22 points Strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration are generally discussed. The proposed strategies are relevant and would be generally effective for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration. More evidence and rationale are needed. |
9.26 points Effective strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration is discussed. Some detail or rationale is needed for clarity or support. |
10.4 points Effective strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration is discussed. Strong support and rationale are provided to support each strategy. |
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Significance of Mission, Vision, and Values on Nurse Engagement and Patient Outcomes Significance of Mission, Vision, and Values on Nurse Engagement and Patient Outcomes |
0 points Explanation of why organizational mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes is omitted. |
7.8 points An incomplete explanation of why organizational mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes is presented. There are omissions and inaccuracies. The significance is not established. |
8.22 points
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