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Cultures PPoM Assignment 1

1. The document discusses two dimensions of organizational culture: specific vs diffuse culture and achievement vs ascription culture. 2. Specific culture values separating work and personal life while diffuse culture sees them as interconnected. Achievement culture judges based on performance while ascription culture values status and title. 3. The student believes their instructor will not be constrained by classroom cultures due to training. They also feel able to adapt to different cultures as needed for future careers, though group work can sometimes be challenging.

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Cultures PPoM Assignment 1

1. The document discusses two dimensions of organizational culture: specific vs diffuse culture and achievement vs ascription culture. 2. Specific culture values separating work and personal life while diffuse culture sees them as interconnected. Achievement culture judges based on performance while ascription culture values status and title. 3. The student believes their instructor will not be constrained by classroom cultures due to training. They also feel able to adapt to different cultures as needed for future careers, though group work can sometimes be challenging.

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Dimensions of Organisational Cultures

1. Specific vs Diffuse
(How Far People Get Involved)

Specific Diffuse
People who keep their lives and People who keep their personal
work separate from each other. lives and work are together. They
They believe that relationships in believe that having a good
their workplace dont have any sort relationship in their workplace are
of impact on achieving a positive key to achieve a common
outcome among workers. They objective. Their relationships with
usually prefer to not bump into their fellow co-workers would be
their co-workers outside of work. the same either at work or at a
social meeting.
Some people in our class prefer to While others in our class are much
be confidential when it comes to more open towards sharing a lot
their lives outside of class as they about themselves to create a
feel that it is unnecessary to leave relationship between co-workers or
themselves vulnerable when fellow students which in turn would
people know them too much. To have everyone get together as a
them, revealing a lot about family towards completing the goal
themselves does not lead to in their belief.
success in obtaining the goal.
2. Achievement vs Ascription
(How People View Status)

Achievement Ascription
People who believe that what you People who believe that you are
do defines for who you are and valued based on who you are.
they judge on your worth. This Power, position and title plays a
kind of culture values performance heavy influence in these type of
rather than title no matter who you cultures which the role defines the
are and what your background is. behaviour of an individual and
their performance.
Most of the people in our class are Meanwhile some people might still
in this category which believes that prefer a title or position to play a
anyone who had shown a great role in determining how great a
performance are worth a lot. Those person is assuming the role that
who perform well are usually they achieved shows their
outspoken and are highly performance in doing tasks and
knowledgeable to be able to obtain objectives. For example, they
much respect. prefer to ask a lecturer rather than
students as they have a higher
position.

Does the culture constraint your instructor? How?

I strongly believe that the various cultures in our class will have no
effect on however way my instructor would teach. This is because
every instructor must have gone through extensive training before
they start having actual classes in order to obtain enough
experience in handling students with different personalities and
behaviour.

Does it constraint you as a student? How?

Although sometimes it would be an obstacle when some students


are less willing to cooperate regarding to group assignments,
especially when they feel like they are better off doing alone or not
doing it at all which varies from person to person, I dont think that
these cultures would have much effect to me as a student. The
reason is that we as students, would constantly be exposed to these
sort of cultures that it would be considered a norm for us to the
point where we are able to adapt to our surroundings based on our
personal experiences. These experiences are much needed for us
especially when we one day graduate to become a working class
citizen as the working environment would constantly change
compared to our study life.

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