AQA BUSS 4 - Corporate Culture Discussion

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Reply 120

Tommy1995

What have people said about ways of changing culture apart from a new leader?

Reply 121

bundlez

Can someone please upload there research notes ?

Reply 122

dan94adibi

Original post by aki round

Okay, this is probably the most basic question I can ask but oh well! Could somebody please give me a set definition for 'Organisation Culture?! :colondollar:

I just cant get my head around what culture ACTUALLY is all about!

Its just how people behave and act at work. "how things are done around here".
In my house it's part of our culture that I take out the bin.
That's how we do it around our house.

I hope it makes sense.

Reply 123

yaboy

pfft I am going to flop this exam so bad.

Reply 124

dan94adibi

Original post by yaboy

pfft I am going to flop this exam so bad.

Have you started your research!?

Reply 125

alicejackson95

Does anyoneee have any notes on this research topic?!! Im really stressing!

Reply 126

apple1992

hiya,

can anyone help me with exam technique.

How do we analyis on this unit?? Before we could just say generic stuff like motivation, here we cant. Any one help??

Also how to we do minievaultion at the end of each paragraph??

thanks

Reply 127

yaboy

Original post by dan94adibi

Have you started your research!?

yeh lol but Ive just got a bunch of information on businesses, ive not linked them to each individual bullet point. Just thought which ever applies ill use in the exam, its more section B im worried about because im clueless on that atm

Reply 128

gunner4life95

Anyone with research notes answering the questions on preliminary material.

Reply 129

msamra1

Anyone know what topics we need to get research for in section b?

Reply 130

gomti

Original post by rfdoctorwho

I found this website for the research of different businesses. Don't know if it's useful as not looked at yet but here are the link:

http://zigzageducation.co.uk/downloads/Business/buss4/5068-websites.html

Thanks for the excellent link.

Reply 131

iggyDash

IM actually scared. Need to start proper research for each part of the spec

Reply 132

CharlieTT

Right. Done with BUSS3, as per request I'll post some more revision notes.
I'll periodically post my flashcards on certain Businesses.

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Company Name - Google

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Leaders - Larry Page (CEO) / Eric Schmidt (Chairman)

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Leadership Style - Laissez Faire

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Ownership - Plc

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Culture -

Hofstede - Low Power Distance, Individualism, Low Uncertainty Avoidance, Feminine.

Handy - Task Culture

Schein - No Dress Code, Focused on Customers, Reliant on information.

Cooke - Passive Culture.

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History - Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in March 1996 as a Student project. It gained significant funding over the course of the late 90s and implemented advertisements for a self sustaining revenue source. It quickly began to grow, gaining an 88.8% worldwide market share and acquired Pyra Labs, YouTube, DoubleClick, Admob, Zagat and recently Motorola Mobility. Google has recently suffered controversy over Tax Avoidance and Streetview hacking.

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 133

usedname

Original post by Tommy1995

What have people said about ways of changing culture apart from a new leader?

Here's all i have on the matter, hope anyone can add to it

Four elements to change

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Change is the result of dissatisfaction with present strategies.

- Why has this occured?
- What is the dissatisfaction and why has it occured?

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Essential to develop a vision for a better alternative

- What is the vision? e.g. Zappos's culture is built on its core values.

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It's neccessary to develop strategies to implement change

- Any resistance to change?

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There will be resistance to change no matter how little

Incremental changes in a company tend to be with cultural change
- Changes occur over a period of time in incremental steps
e.g. Barclays set out a 5 year plan... led to an increase in performance.

Step change occurs rapidly
e.g Kraft and Cadbury

Theory to include:
Lewins Force Field model -> Use if the question is on change!

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Driving forces -> Why does the business have to change?

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Restraining forces -> Limiting change or preventing it

hope this helps! :smile:

Reply 134

needtosucceed=)

Original post by CharlieTT

Understanding mission aims and objectives.

The relationship between business and the economic environment.

The relationship between business and the social environment.

The relationship between business and the political and legal environment.

The relationship between business and the technological environment.

The relationship between business and the competitive environment.

Internal causes of change.

Planning for change.

Leadership.

10.

Culture.

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Making strategic decisions.

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Implementing and managing change.

There wouldn't be any Section A examples considering there hasn't been a Section A on Culture before. (I'm pretty sure there hasn't anyway.)

yea all the section a's have been different however culture has been asked on section b before.

june 2012 there was a question on it, it would be good to have a look at it and the mark scheme/examiners report

:smile:

I'm scared!

I'm going to fail this exam so horribly :frown:

Reply 137

_hj

Does anyone have any revision/research tips because I'm really struggling :frown:

feeling dead hopeless and I need to get an A in this exam.

Also does anyone have any information on exam technique? I just don't feel like I have a clear idea of what I need to do at all for this exam and I'm really panicking with only a week to go :/

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Reply 138

Infamous12