Why Workplace Culture Matters?


What this post is about?

This blog post is mainly targeted to the certain outcomes resulted from certain workplace cultures at organizations. It also evaluates the importance of a workplace culture; how that culture could influence its employees’ career development & their engagement with the work & the work place. Moreover, this post covers the potential setbacks that an organization & its business to face, caused by toxic & bad workplace culture on its employees. In addition, this article provides best solutions to rectify the on going issues at work places emphasizing some clues to identify the symptoms of  negativity.




What is workplace culture?

Work place culture is a composition of shared values, belief systems, attitudes & assumptions that employees collectively share. Under the assistance of strategic leadership & management, through the work culture, an organization could cultivate its growth in business and enhance  its recognition. Evidently the essence behind the success of many business organizations is their work culture entrusted on employees to follow through their tenure.  This culture could massively effect on building the harmony among the employees; the team works; increasing the productivity & efficiency; and in empowering their  job satisfaction (Agarwal,2018).

The work culture collectively embodies the opportunities for the growth of the employees where they could elevate themselves in their career according to their expertise; reward systems identifying the performances  of each employee; strong purpose & core values to motivate employees to work towards a common goal for the sake of their own development as well as to uplift the organization and its business ( Harney, 2022).



Some traits of a toxic workplace culture

A toxic environment at a work place could bear the negative results at a same extent as a positive workplace culture renders the positive results. This negativity could easily drain out the productivity & enthusiasm of the employees at a work place. The damage that a deteriorating culture could cause on an organization, is unfathomable with imminent failures in operations & business. 

This culture manifest itself within the working places as in gloomy vibes where the employees are no longer interact with one another & zero team work. Moreover, the employees are felt threatened to losing their jobs even at a trivial mistake  leading to lose their interest to work &  job satisfaction. This sort of scenarios could also cause severe psychological breakdowns on employees due to their fears and work stress. Among the major traits of this toxic atmosphere are: constant gossips & dramas; high chances of people being left out of loops; constant dysfunction & confusions; and high employee turnover (Boogaard, 2022).

By letting this toxic culture to grow, the organizations are heading towards its own downfall not only by losing its best performers & assets but also by losing its recognition from the society for not honoring the core values that organizations are supposed to preserve.
 


 
 How to preserve positive workplace culture 

In order to up keep a balanced & positive environment, the organizations are to follow certain measures that eliminate the factors that reduce essential energy and force required for their operations. These measures include the safety of the work place for the employees, honoring to employees needs, good collaboration & communication between the colleagues & superiors etc(Argawal, 2018).

By implementing those means for positive office vibe, the organizations gain uncontrollable growth in business through the passion the employees show for their work & the working culture. Moreover, there will be reliable reasons for  employees to retain longer in the company, which contribute to the attraction of the society toward the organization.

  

The Sum up

This post has been created after a brief research performed on the subject. The areas that covered are frequent occurrences within the organizations which determine each of their future depending on the working culture that they have implemented. This post also serves as a brief evaluation of the directions & measures that a company has to follow for sake of its employees & its own sustainability. Moreover,this contains crucial matters to review and consider for Human Resources Management,to identify the reasons for the setbacks that their company is currently dealing with. 

Thus by implementing the recommended methods that globally identified as major drives for positive work culture, the organizations become capable of creating the best environment for the people in their work -life.

 



References

Dr.Pragya Argawal, 2018. Forbes: How to create a positive work place culture .

Rebekah Harney, 2022. LMBC: 5 characteristics of  a positive  work place.

Kat Boogaard, 2022. Atlassian: 5 signs of a toxic culture.

 











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  2. Cultural activities in the workplace have a direct impact on employees to achieve higher returns in companies and organizations. It is clear from your statement that good results can be obtained by getting good training and experience in this , as human resource management has been assigned a great responsibility.

    I U K Yaddehige.
    (MBA Batch28).

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  3. Creating a positive workplace culture takes time and effort, but it is worth it. A positive workplace culture can lead to a number of benefits for your organization, including increased employee satisfaction, productivity, and customer service.

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  4. Thank you for sharing this. It is indeed an important factor in terms of the productivity of the company or the organization. Since most companies & their management solely concentrate on performance parameters, this article would be a real eye-opener.

    Jude Rishendra
    MBA (Batch 28)

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  5. The foundation of any organization is people. Without people, nothing can be done properly.A good group of employees can work in an organization only if they have a good corporate environment.
    It is clear from your statement that an organization can properly conduct training and experience in Human Resource Management.

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  6. A right platform is always one of the factors for the growth of a company. It is commonly seen that different gender, race and religion working under same roof. This is where HR and the management team got to play an important role to align everyone towards common company goal.

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  7. Yes, developing a healthy workplace culture is a worthwhile investment for businesses since it leads to higher employee happiness, productivity, and customer service

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  8. Workplace culture is just like the blood of the organization and good culture can develop a company to an unbelievable stage and also a bad culture can ruin an organization. HR and top management of an organization should always concern on creating a better culture in the organization where the results will be received in the long run.

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  9. Citation should appear before the sentence ends, means before full stop. Please check the citation format as well. Only the last name with the publication year should be cited. No need Dr. Etc.

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  10. Employees who feel empowered and valued in their workplace are more likely to be engaged with the organization. Engaged employees tend to take more ownership of their work, be more productive and be more loyal to the company—all of which benefit the bottom line


    Really Very important in organization thank for your shearing your knowledge

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  11. Workplace culture is really important as you pointed out. The culture defines the image of the organisation and even how attractive it would be to potential customers. It would be interesting to see how leadership and HR departments could pay attention to this fact to actively monitor and take actions to promote great cultures in organisations. Thanks for sharing.

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