Royal Canadian Mounted Police

BSAD 261:11December 6th, 2010

Introduction

Power & Organizational Culture

Motivation

Overview of RCMP

POWER

Three-Dimensional Model

Luke’s definition◦The management of meaning and the ability to

create reality ◦Changing the way you think, silencing conflict

and making it impossible to contest

Implications with RCMP

Devolution to two-dimensional model?

Sources of Power

Reward

Hierarchy

Expert

Resistance

Tightly knitted culture, hard to change.

More vulnerable when change is undertaken

Employees change weary

Empowerment becomes misunderstood

Organizational Culture

Values

HonestyIntegrityProfessionalismCompassionAccountabilityRespect

Structure

Role Culture◦Bureaucratic Structure

HierarchyMechanistic Structure

◦Complex◦Formalized◦Centralized

Symbols

“Symbolism pertains to the visible signs and artifacts that have a particular meaning that is associated with the organization.”

UniformsMusical RideCrown Victoria