2.2 SOURCES OF CULTURE
The organisation's culture is affected by three general factors: broad external influences, societal values, and natural culture and organisation-specific factors (Fig. 2.1).
Fig. 2.1 Factors affecting an organisation's culture
- Broad external influences are factors over which the organisation has little or no control, such as the natural environment and historical events which have shaped the society.
- Societal values and natural culture are generally the dominant beliefs and values of the broader society—values such as individual freedom, beliefs about the goodness of humanity, orientation towards action, power distance ...