OCTAPACE

Presented by-

Manas MondalStudent of GL BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND

RESEARCH

CULTURE• Culture can be defined in numerous ways. In the

words of anthropologist E.B. Taylor, it is “that complex whole which includes knowledge , belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities

and habits acquired by man as a member of society.

ORGANIZATION CULTURE• Organization culture is a system of shared assumptions, values,

and beliefs which governs how people behave in organizations. These shared values have a strong influence on the people in the organization and dictate how they dress, act, and perform their job.

• According to NEEDLE (2004), Organizational culture represents the collective values, beliefs and

principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees,

management style, and national culture.

Organizational culture at NOKIA• Nokia’s culture ascribes to the nokia employee proposition which the firm describes as “a

concrete employment offering for each employee from the very first NOKIA day onwards.”

• Elements of this proposition The nokia way and values: structure of the company provides speed and flexibility in

decision making. Importance is given to customer satisfaction., achievement orientation , fostering change and employee participation.

Performance-based rewards: provides annual based salary, incentives, bonuses, possible participation in equity plan, and other local benefits. It offers rewards to employees on the basis of both individual and team achievements.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH: believes in developing the people in terms of skills. Employees are encouraged to improve their competencies through job rotation. The co. followed INVESTING-IN-PEOPLE( IIP) performance management system.

WORK-LIFE BALANCE: co. maintain work-life balance. NOKIA made efforts to improve this , tele-working, mobile working, flexible working hours , study leave, health-care services etc.

Elements of cultureThere are seven elements of culture :-Social OrganizationCustoms and TraditionsReligionLanguageArts and LiteratureForms of GovernmentEconomic systems

OCTAPACE DIMENTIONS

OPENNESSTRUSTCONFRONTATIO

N

PROACTION

AUTONOMYCOLLABORATION

EXPERIMENTATION

AUTHENTICITY

OPENNESS• Spontaneous

expression of feelings and thoughts and sharing of these

without defensiveness

CONFRONTATION• Facing rather than

shying from the problems

TRUST• Referred to maintaining

the confidentiality and mutual understanding• Reflect in a sense of assurance of help when

need arise

AUTHENTICITY

• Congruence between what one

feels, says and does• It reduces dissonances

between members of the organizations

PRO ACTIVITY

Taking initiative and pre-planning• Feeling • Thinking• Action

AUTONOMY• Releasing power that the employee

already posses• Individuals enjoy

freedom of action

COLLABORATION

• Working together for mutual benefits• It develop team

spirit

EXPERIMENTATION

• Promoting creative and innovation in the organization