Charles Handy Model

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• Explain What is Organization Culture• Describe the Types of Organization Culture• Explain What is the Charles Handy Model• Explain What is ‘The Gods of Management’• Explain the Characteristics of Zeus or Club Culture • List Advantages and Disadvantages of Zeus/Club Culture • Explain the Characteristics of Apollo or Role Culture • List Advantages and Disadvantages of Apollo/Role Culture • Explain How to Improve an Apollo Culture• Explain the Characteristics of Athena or Task Culture • List Advantages and Disadvantages of Athena/Task Culture • Explain Characteristics of Dionysus or Existential Culture• List Advantages and Disadvantages of Dionysus Culture• Describe the Uses of the Charles Handy Model • Explain How to Understand the Organization’s Culture

Objectives

Introduction

• Jennifer Smith has joined Oswald Software Inc. as a Senior Software Tester.

• She has about three years of experience working as a Software Tester in her previous organization, Leonard Inc.

Introduction

• The people at Oswald followed very orthodox methods for working.

• There were very strict protocols for completing every task.

• The decision making power was vested in only a select few and the others had to just follow orders.

Introduction

• Jennifer found that only the people at the top of the hierarchical order had the power to make decisions and only they were authorized to take decisions.

• These powerful people also enjoyed special privileges at the workplace.

• They were the most important people at the workplace and were also the major decision makers.

Introduction

• Jennifer was finding it increasingly difficult to adjust to Oswald’s culture.

• At Leonard, her previous organization, the culture was much more open and friendly.

• Leonard’s culture was such that every employee was delegated roles and responsibilities according to his specialization, educational qualification and interest to extract the best out of him.

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• Jennifer tried her best to adjust to Oswald’s culture but she just could not adjust in a culture where she had to just follow orders.

• She was used to a more open culture where she could freely express her ideas and opinions

to her superiors.

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• Finally, Jennifer gave up after trying for a year.

• She decided that Oswald’s culture was just not something she could ever get used to and decided to quit her job at Oswald.

• For her next interview, she made sure that she found out about the organization’s culture from its current employees, the HR and the company website.

Introduction

• The Charles Handy Model is one such model which helps you to understand the various kinds of organization cultures followed in organizations.

• Let us learn about ‘Charles Handy Model’ in detail.

Types of Organization CultureThere are various types of organization culture such as follows:

Normative Culture

Pragmatic Culture

Academy Culture

Baseball Team Culture

Club Culture

Fortress Culture

Tough Guy CultureBet Your Company Culture

Process Culture

Let us look at each in detail.

What is the Charles Handy Model?

• Person Culture

• Power Culture

• Task Culture

• Role Culture

According to Charles Handy’s model, there are four types of culture which the organizations follow:

Let us look at each in detail.

Importance of Organization Culture

The organization culture decides the way employees interact at their workplace.

The culture of the

workplace also goes a

long way in promoting

healthy competition at

the workplace.

Employees try their

level best to perform

better than their

fellow workers and

earn recognition and

appreciation of the

superiors.

It is the culture of the workplace which actually motivates the employees to perform.

A healthy culture encourages the employees to stay motivated and loyal towards the management.

The following are some of the key points which show the importance of organization culture in an organization:

What is ‘The Gods of Management’?

Charles Handy wrote his first book

Understanding Organizations in 1976.

This first book of Charles Handy was

translated in five different languages and

has been released in four different

editions.

It sold more than 600,000 copies and has

become a classic for students of

Management studies.

Greek God: ApolloCulture: Role Culture

Picture: Greek Temple

Greek God: ZeusCulture: Club CulturePicture: Spider Web

The Fours Gods of ManagementFour Gods of Management, their associated culture and picture is as follows:

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