Internet Article Review - Organizational Culture - MGT331

When analyzing an organization's culture, it is essential to understand the role culture plays in today's business environments. Organizational culture is the foundation of any business, as it breeds employee attitudes, dictates their behavior, and infuses in them a specific work ethic. In companies where the organizational culture is positive, employees are unsurprisingly more productive, more creative and waste less time on non-business related activities. Companies that harbor a negative organizational culture can fuel poor employee performance, disloyalty, and the mismanagement of company time and resources. This paper will review two Internet articles on the topic of organizational culture, why it is important and if it is possible to change it within an organization.

In the first article, written by Mike Foster titled "Create a Positive Organizational Culture to Reduce Internet Misuse," the author discusses the costly dangers of Internet misuse by employees. If an organization's employees feel as if they are being treated poorly or taken advantage of, they are more likely to use their at-work Internet connection for personal use.

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This usage can cost a company thousands of dollars in lost productivity each year. The author also explains how organizational culture plays a part in the behavior and gives four tips on how to "strengthen company culture in order to regain those lost productivity profits" (34).

Of the four simple and logical recommendations given by Mike Foster, the one most significant involves rewarding productivity. It is common knowledge that all employees want to feel appreciated, so the author recommends, "measuring each department's production and posting the results with charts and graphs" (34). The more recognition an employee receives about their contributions, the more positive the company organizational culture becomes.

In the second article, written by Thomas McLaughlin, "About Face: How to Change Organizational Culture," the author...