Organizational Culture

Organizations can be considered to have a culture of their own, depending upon what the goals of the organization are and how the various divisions function in relation to one another. An organization is in fact a small community of sorts where people interact with each other and spend a significant portion of their lives.

I used to work as a volunteer at a pro-literacy organization, whose members tutored illiterate people to read and write. Those who worked and volunteered there treated each other with respect and openness, since they were accustomed to do the same with their students who needed to be treated in this manner. The culture here may be described as "gentle and easy-going".

Contrast this with my internship experience at a company that manufactured chips that went into mobile phones. The people here had to be on top of the competition, were stressed out with their work, and rarely even said hello to each other. The culture here could be best described as "hectic".