you guys know what is organizational climate and why it is important? Answer to this question is that, Organisation climate is one of the important indicators which affect on business goals achieving by an organization. It means that employees more productive in organisation with better organisation climate! It is a set of properties of the work environment, perceived directly or indirectly by the employees, that is assumed to be a major force in influencing employee behavior”.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE: Psychological climate is defined as individual employee perceptions of their work environment.
Important dimensions of the organizational culture are:
•Reward system
•Organizational clarity
•Standards of performance
•Warmth and support
•Leadership practices
Psychologically healthy work environment brings out the best in employee and organizational well-being. As it influence the quality of the work and the employee’s at work.
Organizations are composed of interdependent groups which means success depends on the conditions in each group. Apart from that Every unit should develop an enlightened and supportive climate.
Enlightened and supportive organizations are good investments because they Attract excellent personnel and Outperform counterparts.
PATTERNS OF LEADERSHIP:
Rensis Likert identified the four patterns that correspond to the four types of organizational climate are:
•Exploitive
•Impoverished
•Supportive
•Enlightened
His conclusions were based on studies of leaders in different organizations, inside and outside of the United States.
EXPLOITIVE LEADERSHIP: on the basis of autocratic ad hierarchical MEMBERS & LEADERS decision is below:
MEMBERS:
•Do not participate
•Are expected to comply
•Do not discuss problems with leaders
LEADERS:
•Make decisions
•Do not trust others
As in this organization rarely survived.
IMPOVERISHED LEADERSHIP: As this is not completely autocratic as the Power remains at the top and the Members sometimes participate in decision-making.
This organization fall into 2 categories.
•Successful: Benevolent autocracies in which leaders show concern for members. •Failing: Autocracies without benevolence that do not consider the ideas of members.
SUPPORTIVE LEADERSHIP:
Leaders:
•Show interest and confidence in members
•Have power
•Facilitate good communication throughout the organization
Members:
•Understand the goals and want to achieve them
•Discuss problems with leaders
BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE WORKPLACE: As it experienced two ways one is GROUP OF PEOPLE and the other is WAY OF BEING. As GROUP OF PEOPLE means Formed by bringing people together in place and time and on the other hand WAY OF BEING means Created when barriers between people are let down .
Merging Cultures: Culture is an important factor when organizations merge as Organizations should consider the integration of cultures before the deal.
Ways to perform cultural due diligence for a successful merger
•Talking to past members of the organizations
•Interviewing common customers, suppliers, and industry analysts
•Ensuring compatibility in the dimensions of organizational climate
•Reward systems, standards of performance, leadership practices, feedback and controls, and attitudes toward innovation
As this was all about the organizational climate and I took all the material from the ppt and from google to for more information you guys can have a look as I already placed the links below. thankyou and stay connected for more information.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-organisation-climate-why-important-huseynov-phd-assoc-cipd
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0018726709103454
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