Factors of Organizational Culture Change
Results of the research of organizational culture change
Tolerance of risk and innovation
In
2006 almost half of the respondents were not sure how to evaluate the
statement, that the company focused on the new ideas and innovation, and
almost one-third of the respondents disagreed with that statement In
2008 even 62.3% of the surveyed respondents agreed that organization
focuses on the new ideas and innovation, and only 5.7% disagreed with
that statement Average assessment of the statement in points increased
from 2.8 to 3.7 points out of 5.
In-depth
interviews revealed that during 2007 most of these changes took place
in the production section where new equipment and production planning
and accounting system Navision were installed. However, the second step
of the research showed that the system was not fully functioning yet
(the employees had to keep double accounts of production), as well as
the employees were not trained to work with the new system.
Changes
in the use of resources are connected with the new ideas and
innovation, more productive set of equipment and encouragement of staff
to show initiative. In 2006 almost half of the respondents could not
answer the question whether they were encouraged to perform their job
assignments and use as small resources as possible, and more than a
quarter of the respondents felt that they were not encouraged (mostly
specialists). In 2008 nearly half of the respondents felt that they were
encouraged to find solutions that save company resources - this was
pointed out by the employees of the production, quality, logistics and
technical services departments. At the same time, all middle and top
level managers believe that they are encouraged to find ways and
solutions to do their work using smaller resources.
However,
changes did take place in the use of resources; failures in the company
are not seen as one of the phases of the learning process and employees
are not encouraged to make risky decisions.