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All Together: Organizational Culture: Norms and Values
Every group or organization has its own unique culture-that is, the norms and values that are specific to that particular group or organization. Often, an organization's or group's culture reflects the culture of the society around it.
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All Together: Organizational Culture: Rules and Conformity
Many organizations are intolerant of ideas and viewpoints that don't fit into their culture. The result in some cases is a kind of "group-think" or conformity that can severely undermine an organization's effectiveness.
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People to People: Group Interaction: Group Think
The desire to achieve a united front can get in the way of judgments that are based on a thorough analysis of relevant facts and alternate points of view. The results can be catastrophic as we saw when the Challenger space shuttle exploded. The push...