1. D. Organisational stories tell us
   1. What
      1. The employee is supposed to do when in doubt
   2. What
      1. To do when a high status person breaks the rules
   3. How
      1. The little person advances within the organisation
   4. Nations traditionally shape organisations
      1. How does culture affect firms?
         1. Traditionally national culture shapes business
            1. Through
            2. Business culture
            3. Individuals
            4. Families
            5. National culture
         2. Influences come from multiple sources
            1. I.E.
            2. Professional training/groups
            3. Family
            4. Subgroups e.g. R&D or Accounting
      2. Increasingly we also see
         1. Business influences
            1. 1.
            2. not only from domestic influences
            3. 2.
            4. but also from international and global business activities
            5. e.g.
            6. subsidiaries
            7. e.g.
            8. joint ventures and other strategic alliances
            9. This may often create a culture clash between
            10. 3. parent & subsidiary
            11. 4. among managers
2. A. Culture Reviewed
   1. 1
      1. Organisationions have a learned, shared, interrelated set of symbols and patterns of basic assumptions
   2. 2
      1. This culture helps the organisations cope with the problems it faces
   3. 3
      1. Internal problems
   4. 4
      1. External problems
   5. 5
      1. Spare
3. C. Examine organisational symbols
   1. What
      1. Language is in use and where?
   2. Who
      1. Is pictured on annual reports, web pages, or brochures?
   3. What
      1. Colours represent the company; where are they used?
   4. What
      1. Logos are in use?
   5. Spare
      1. Subtopic
4. Business influences culture
   1. through
      1. 1,
         1. Global travel
      2. 2.
         1. Global entertainment and electronic media
      3. 3.
         1. Global language
      4. 4.
         1. Global demographic groups
      5. 5
         1. Global elite & Global teens
      6. 6.
         1. Business behaviours
   2. Global influences of business on culture makes:
      1. Global businesses more central to:
      2. 1.
         1. Cultural change
      3. 2.
         1. Cultural concerns
      4. 3.
         1. Causes them to interact more with social actors such as NGO's and governments
      5. Subtopic
5. B. Culture helps organisations integrate internally and adapt & shape externalities (global environments) to survive
   1. 6
      1. Culture permeates the organisation through:
   2. 7
      1. Knowledge acquisition
   3. 8
      1. Organisational symbols
         1. Topic
            1. Topic
   4. 9
      1. Organisational stories
   5. 10
      1. Organisational rites
         1. Organisational knowledge
            1. Explicit
            2. Formalised and widely distributed
            3. Fully and clearly defined or formulated: "generalizations that are powerful, precise, and explicit" fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal: explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; ...
            4. Implicit
            5. Norms - or 'how we do things around here'
            6. Implied or understood though not directly expressed: an implicit agreement not to raise the touchy subject. Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.