Culture has many elements which are necessary for peaceful living and social unity. These elements include value, norms, rituals symbol and text. Corporation in general also has these elements as found in their daily activities. To design with cooperations have their own logos and colors which are similar to national flags,representing as symbol. At the same time, Corporate norm which aims at regulating the company employees behavior manifest themselves in themselves in the ranking of the employees. For example, the size and the location of the office can signify the ranking of that person. Moreover, new employees have to learn learn singing corporate song s and wear corporate uniforms. As for the rituals, the employees should participate in company activities such as a picnic or a fishing trip which aim at showing unity. Another element of culture in terms of text can be seen in the citing of the saying of the company founders or the president.
However, corporate culture may vary with each company. What has been said earlier mostly refers to formal conduct of behavior of many corporations. Some companies, such as IT companies, usually have informal conduct of behavior. For example, the employees can choose to wear blue jeans, T shirts and sneakers to go to work. They can come and go anytime they want. There are no fix tradition to follow.
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Gates's formal suit and Job's uniform |
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