• Title/Summary/Keyword: History of Organizational Culture

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The Historical and Philosophical Understandings of Organizational Culture

  • Ryu, Ki-Ung;Cho, Tae-Jun
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.11 no.11
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2013
  • Purpose - This study sought to discuss definitions of organizational culture taking into consideration different views, and the historical and philosophical elements of organizational culture. Research Design, Data, and Methodology - This paper is a relatively conceptual study that has attempted to define organizational culture, a topic that has been debated among scholars and practitioners. Various studies in the literature related to organizational culture have been reviewed in an effort to reduce the complexities and ambiguities in definitions of organizational culture. Results -This study summarized and synthesized different studies related to organizational culture, and identified the main streams for defining organizational culture as being from the historical and philosophical elements of organizational culture. Conclusions -The concept of organizational culture continues to be an important factor affecting organizational effectiveness and initiating organizational development. However, the definition of organizational culture has not been well-established. In this sense, this paper seems to be significant and meaningful as it attempts to define organizational culture from different perspectives.

Influence of Professionalism and Organizational Communication on Patient Safety Culture of Nurses in Hemodialysis Units (혈액투석실 간호사의 전문직관, 조직의사소통이 환자안전문화에 미치는 영향)

  • Jung, Su Jin;Jeong, Jeong Hee
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.98-105
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The study was conducted to investigate correlation between professionalism, organizational communication the and patient safety culture of nurses in hemodialysis units and verify factors that affect patient safety culture. Methods: Data were collected from 109 nurses working in hemodialysis units located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression with the SPSS 21.0 program. Results: The Professionalism of participants was significantly correlated with patient safety culture while the Organizational communication was also correlated with patient safety culture. Factors influencing participants' patient safety culture included professionalism, organizational communication, employment history in current hospital, and the number of patients per nurse. These factors explained 57.8% of patient safety culture. Conclusion: The research findings suggest that in order to increase the awareness of patient safety culture of nurses in hemodialysis units, strategic efforts are needed to enhance professionalism and organizational communication satisfaction of nurses in hemodialysis units.

The Effect of Radiological Technologist Organizational Culture, Leadership and Organizational Commitment on Organizational Satisfaction (방사선사의 조직문화 및 리더십, 조직몰입이 조직만족에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Yeon-Hee;Shin, Sang-Hwa;Park, Cheolwoo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.13 no.7
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    • pp.995-1003
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to survey and analyze the effects of organizational culture, leadership and organizational commitment on organizational satisfaction among radiological technologist working in hospitals in Busan. As a result, the scores of organizational culture, organizational commitment and job satisfaction of the tertiary university hospital were significantly higher (p<0.05, p<0.001). In the group with no turnover experience, the organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational effectiveness scores were significantly higher (p<0.05). Job satisfaction scores of the department of nuclear medicine were significantly higher (p<0.05). Hierarchical regression analysis showed that organizational commitment had the highest impact on job satisfaction of radiological technologist (β=0.564, p<0.001). radiological technologist play a large part in hospital tissues in the diagnosis of disease. Therefore, based on the results of this study, it is helpful to analyze the relationship between the radiological history, organizational culture, leadership and organizational commitment in order to improve the job satisfaction of radiological technologists.

A Study on the Organizational Principle of Chinese Traditional Houses (중국 전통주택의 구성원리에 관한 연구)

  • Sohn, Sei-Kwan
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.7 no.2 s.15
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    • pp.113-126
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    • 1998
  • This study is on the organizational principles of Chinese traditional houses. It has been assumed that a common cultural background did influence dwelling construction in most areas of China, some specific concepts are used to build a connection between the culture and architecture. There are four aspects of cultural influence being explored: traditional concept of space by the philosophical influence, religious influence, the Feng Shut method, and traditional system of family organization. The influence of the Chinese culture on dwelling architecture is predominant. Housing types from different areas of China, despite their different physical appearance, have similar spatial concepts. This cultural influence was due to the historic development of the Chinese empire. The organizational principles of Chinese dwelling architecture determined by its own cultural background have five major invariable norms. They are as follows: 1. Internal and enclosed spatial organization. 2. Grouping of buildings around axes. 3. Spatial organization and extension by courtyard. 4. Spatial expansion by adding units. 5. Hierarchical organization of space.

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Organizational Culture and Community-Centered Social Inclusion Orientation Among Social Service Organizations for People with Disabilities: Focused on Market Orientation As a Mediator (장애인복지기관의 조직문화유형과 지역사회중심사회통합지향성에 관한 연구 : 시장지향성의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Choi, Jae-Sung;Choi, Jung-Ah;Jung, So-Yon
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.61 no.1
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    • pp.5-32
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of organizational culture types (rational culture, developmental culture, group culture, and hierarchical culture) on Community-Centered Social Inclusion Orientation(COSI) among social service organizations for people with disabilities. More specifically, this study developed and empirically tested two theoretical models where each of organizational culture types were hypothesized to affect COSI either directly or indirectly through market orientation. For data collection, self-administered type questionnaires were mailed to 416 social service organizations for people with disabilities across the nation and 293 responded (response rate: 70.4%) from June 1 to September 22, 2006. For analysis, however, only 263 respondents were used, excluding Independent living centers due to their small size and short history. Structural Equation Modeling was employed for analysis and Full Information Maximum Likelihood was used for estimation. Findings indicated that market orientation had a significant effect on COSI. In addition, developmental culture and hierarchical culture were found to affect COSI directly while rational culture and group culture were found to affect COSI indirectly through market orientation. These findings imply that market orientation needs to be emphasized as a strategy in order to enhance social inclusion orientation for those organizations. Given that all the four types of organizational culture have direct or indirect impacts on COSI, those organizations are also advised to develop the four types of organizational culture harmoniously rather than one single type of organizational culture.

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Researches on Cognitive Process and Their Applications to Organizational Change in Information Systems

  • Sim, Jae-Sung
    • 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.338-343
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    • 2008
  • Government intervention, industry cooperation, new vendors, and foreign competition are all factors that exert a powerful influence on the information technology, marketplace, and on the individual IS organization. When these influences need to change an organization, it is likely the culture or identity of the organization will be targeted for change. Because an organization is also composed of cognitive frameworks, there is an implication that the existing cognitive structures are in jeopardy. Thus, the cognitive component is important in how all members of organizations react and respond to change. This paper defines cognitive process and its related research history, introduces organizational change matters, tries to solve conflicts in organizational changes, and applies this topic to the information systems field.

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Analyses of Business Values from E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs : Public and Private Organizations in Tourism Industry

  • Cho, Nam-Jae;Joun, Hyo-Jae;Oh, Seung-Hee
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.27-41
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    • 2008
  • This paper examines the relationship between IT investment and the improvement of efficiency from the perspective of organizational contingency by the type of organizations and their maturity in IT use in terms of their history of e-commerce use. Organizations are divided into private and public in nature, and into experienced and inexperienced in e-commerce. An analysis was performed on data from 286 organizations in tourism industry. Comparison among the four groups showed differences in competitive and operational efficiency.

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Current Status and Issues of Nuclear Safety Culture

  • Lee, Yong-Hee
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.247-261
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    • 2016
  • Objective:The aim of this paper is to discuss the nuclear safety culture in Korea. Background: Recently, Korean nuclear field has met a strong anti-nuclear trend after a few happenings, as well as Fukushima accident, which are turned out to be caused by organizational pitfalls and safety culture defects in general. Method: We review the concepts and constructs of safety culture based on the brief history of the nuclear safety culture that IAEA mainly raised after the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Additionally, we give a comparative discussion on the approach to the safety culture with U.S. Results: Finally, we discuss the three technical domains and propose six selected domestic issues related to the nuclear safety culture for coping with the demanding requests on nuclear safety in Korea. Conclusion and Application: We suggest several recommendations and a research direction in the form of a re-start line for the nuclear safety culture in Korea.

A Study on Corporate Culture of Shanxi Fenjiu Group (산서 분주그룹 기업문화연구)

  • Xu, JingYi;Choi, MyeongCheol;Ma, XiaoDong;Ahn, JiYoung
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2022
  • In China, liquor has gone beyond mere drinks to become a culture. China's liquor culture has a long history, in China, distilled liquor companies have a huge scale and huge profits. There are many companies all over the country. Fenjiu Group is a long-lived enterprise in Shanxi Province, which has considerable influence and popularity in the Chinese liquor market. Such research on Fenjiu Group enterprises has not yet appeared in South Korea. Therefore, this study analyzes the development process and corporate culture of Fenjiu Group. Fenjiu Group has a history of more than 100 years and has achieved considerable achievements and market share in the liquor market from its inception to the present. According to the investigation, the development of Fenjiu Group stems from the excellent corporate culture. Fenjiu Group has formed and developed the corporate culture based on the core idea, quality and character orientation and honest management. Based on such corporate culture, the company develops organizational structure, manufactures products, and enjoys high popularity and market share. Through this study to improve the understanding of well-known Chinese liquor companies and time-honored brand, and to provide inspiration to Korean liquor companies.

A Study on Correlation between Job Stress and Metabolic Syndrome of Male Employees of Electronic Goods Manufacturer (전자제품 제조업체 남성근로자의 직무 스트레스와 대사증후군의 관련성)

  • Kim, Tae-Hee;Jung, Myung-Hee;Lee, Se-Hun
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.55-64
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between job stress and metabolic syndrome among male workers. Methods: A total of 396 male workers employed in an electronic company, located in 'P' city, Gyeonggi Province, who had taken medical examination at the 'D' hospital, volunteered in this study. All the data used in this study were obtained from 'D' hospital after getting consent and permission from the workers. General and occupational characteristics, medical history, and health-related behaviors of the subjects were obtained by self-administered questionnaire. Results: The highest occupational stress by sub-sector was reported in the order of insufficient job control, organizational system, lack of reward, job demand, job insecurity, physical environment, job culture, and relationship conflict. The prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome of the participants was 19.9%. The results of the multiple logistic regression analysis on metabolic syndrome of the subjects indicated that the syndrome was significantly higher among those with family history, smoking habit and ex-smoking, working duration of 3 years and over, and with higher total score of occupational stress. It was significantly more prevalent, when the degree of stress was high in the sub-sectors of occupational stress; job autonomy, job insecurity, lack of reward, and job culture. Conclusion: In conclusion, it is necessary to implement a plan to efficiently manage the job stress of these male workers, as the probability of metabolic syndrome increased with the increase of occupational stress. Furthermore, considering the highest occupational stress was found to be job autonomy among its sub-sectors, it is necessary to prepare various measures to enhance the autonomy of such employees.