Culture Analysis
Paper
Final Project Part 1:
Culture Analysis Paper
You will be asked to analyze an organizational culture. This
could be the organization you work with, or it could be some other organization
to which you have access. Remember that clubs, associations, and churches can
be considered organizations.
Research (data gathering) should include (but does not need
to be limited to) mainly primary
sources.
Primary data is the data collected by the researcher themselves,
i.e.
interview
observation
action research
case studies
life histories
questionnaires
ethnographic research
Secondary sources are data that already exists
Previous research
Official statistics
Mass media products
Diaries
Letters
Government reports
Web information
Historical data and information
Collect your data and analyze it. Describe how you collected
the data (observation, interviews, surveys).
Then, analyze the organizational culture along three
dimensions: artifacts, values, and underlying assumptions. Give examples of
behavior, speech, or symbols that illustrate your findings. This paper should
be 5-8 pages in length. Any data used (interviews, surveys, websites, etc.)
should be attached as appendices.
This assignment counts for 25% of your course grade
