MODULE 10 – ORGANISATION CULTURE Stage 2 – Leadership for Strategy

Module Overview Learning Objectives Learning Outcomes To learn how good leadership can change the organisation culture to deliver better performance. Learning Outcomes Participants understand the nature of organisation culture and the role it plays in organization performance. Participants learn how the leadership might intervene to shape it in a way that makes it supportive of high standards of performance. Stage 2 Module 10 – Organisation Culture

Module Structure Introduction Group Exercise 1 - Reading the Organization Culture Group Exercise 2 - Dimensions of an Organisational Culture Group Exercise 3 - Improving an Organisation’s Culture Homework Stage 2 Module 10 – Organisation Culture

Working Definitions Organisation Culture The set of shared values and norms that characterise a particular organisation. . Stage 2 Module 10 – Organisation Culture

EXERCISES

Group Exercise 1 - Reading the Organization Culture In groups of 2/3 people identify how one organisation has its culture shaped. Stage 1 Module 2 – Understanding Leadership

Group Exercise 2 - Dimensions of an Organisational Culture In groups of 2/3 people rank, on a sliding scale, the various dimensions that contribute to organisational culture. Stage 2 Module 10 – Organisation Culture

Group Exercise 3 - Improving an Organisation’s Culture Building on from exercise 2, each group should identify 1-2 cultural obstacles to good performance in the selected organisation and complete the table on the causes and consequences of the obstacle and the action to be taken to overcome it. Stage 2 Module 10 – Organisation Culture

Exercise 4 Homework Each participant can use the checklist on ‘Open Organisation Culture’ below to assess the culture of his/her own organisation. Stage 2 Module 10 – Organisation Culture