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SCS – Nov 2024 – L3 – Q1a – Charles Handy’s Cultural Types

Discuss the application of Charles Handy's cultural types to BOGML's growth phases and analyze their impact.

Charles Handy identified four distinct categories of corporate culture (cultural stereotypes) that can exist within an organization. Since its formation, BOGML has exhibited all four categories of corporate culture during different phases of its growth.

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Identify and explain the specific and appropriate category of corporate culture applicable, and discuss its impact on the company for each of the following phases of growth when Dr. Ayimadu Baffour:

i) Created the functional departments.
ii) Stated that BOGML is built around him and without him the company will not exist.
iii) Insisted on retaining all authority for decision-making.
iv) Emphasized getting work done through teamwork.

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BMIS – May 2020 – L1 – Q1c – Organisation culture in business

Identify the type of organizational culture likely to exist in various organizations based on Charles Handy's model.

Charles Handy identified four types of culture that are found in organisations.

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Which of these cultures is most likely to exist in each of the following organisations? Give your reasons.

i) A large department store with fifteen departments spread across six floors of a building, with an accounts and administration office.

ii) A rail transport company providing passenger transport services.

iii) A firm of architects specialising in the design of small office buildings: the founder of the firm is the senior architect, and there are six other junior architects, none of them partners in the firm.

iv) A software company with a team of eight software experts, providing bespoke software to corporate and government clients.

v) A school providing education to children between the ages of 7 and 18.

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BMIS – Dec 2023 – L1 – Q3b – Organisation culture in business

Elaborates on Charles Handy's four categories of corporate culture that can be applied to the successful operation of organizations.

Charles Handy (in his book Gods of Management) suggested that there are four categories of corporate culture that can be applied to the successful operations of every organization.

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Elaborate on the FOUR (4) categories of corporate culture.

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SCS – Nov 2024 – L3 – Q1a – Charles Handy’s Cultural Types

Discuss the application of Charles Handy's cultural types to BOGML's growth phases and analyze their impact.

Charles Handy identified four distinct categories of corporate culture (cultural stereotypes) that can exist within an organization. Since its formation, BOGML has exhibited all four categories of corporate culture during different phases of its growth.

Required:
Identify and explain the specific and appropriate category of corporate culture applicable, and discuss its impact on the company for each of the following phases of growth when Dr. Ayimadu Baffour:

i) Created the functional departments.
ii) Stated that BOGML is built around him and without him the company will not exist.
iii) Insisted on retaining all authority for decision-making.
iv) Emphasized getting work done through teamwork.

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BMIS – May 2020 – L1 – Q1c – Organisation culture in business

Identify the type of organizational culture likely to exist in various organizations based on Charles Handy's model.

Charles Handy identified four types of culture that are found in organisations.

Required:
Which of these cultures is most likely to exist in each of the following organisations? Give your reasons.

i) A large department store with fifteen departments spread across six floors of a building, with an accounts and administration office.

ii) A rail transport company providing passenger transport services.

iii) A firm of architects specialising in the design of small office buildings: the founder of the firm is the senior architect, and there are six other junior architects, none of them partners in the firm.

iv) A software company with a team of eight software experts, providing bespoke software to corporate and government clients.

v) A school providing education to children between the ages of 7 and 18.

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BMIS – Dec 2023 – L1 – Q3b – Organisation culture in business

Elaborates on Charles Handy's four categories of corporate culture that can be applied to the successful operation of organizations.

Charles Handy (in his book Gods of Management) suggested that there are four categories of corporate culture that can be applied to the successful operations of every organization.

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Elaborate on the FOUR (4) categories of corporate culture.

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