Corporate culture can assist in responding to both external adaptation and internal integration issues. Organization can also experience the strains of dealing with subcultures among various work units and subsystems, as well as possible counter cultures that can become the source of potential threat to the unity of the organization. Organizational culture may be analyzed in terms of observable actions, shared values, and common assumptions. The most important of all, corporate cultures involves and affect the people within the organization regardless of where your position is. Observable aspects of Corporate Culture Observable aspects of corporate culture include the stories, rites, rituals, and symbols that are shared by organization members.
Organizations are rich with stories of winners, losers, successes, and failures.
Perhaps one of the most imprint stories concerns the founding of the organization. The founding story often contains the lessons learned from the heroic efforts of an embattled entrepreneur, whose vision today still guide the firm. The story of the founding may be so embellished that it becomes a saga. Saga is a heroic account of accomplishments. Sagas are important because they are used to tell new members the real mission of the organization, how the organization operates, and how individuals can fit into the company.