{"id":1055,"date":"2019-07-31T09:37:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodada.com\/blog\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2019-08-01T07:05:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T07:05:24","slug":"managing-business-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodada.com\/blog\/managing-business-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Business Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The importance of Understanding Business Culture<\/span><\/h2>\n

Business Culture – One of the essential things in business is culture; legendary management consultant Peter Ducker once commented that \u201cCulture eats strategy for breakfast<\/em><\/span>\u201d.<\/p>\n

For organizations of all sizes, understanding and addressing cultural issues have become increasingly important in today’s business environment due to the following reasons:<\/p>\n

1. With increased global competition, organizations need to focus on the need to offer the best customer service to distinguish themselves from their competitors and survive.<\/p>\n

2. The workforce within organizations has become increasingly diverse, so these organizations need to adapt and manage this diversity.<\/p>\n

3. Customers base their expectation on their core values and beliefs. These expectations can change when customers are found in many countries and come from different cultural backgrounds.<\/p>\n

4. As production becomes increasingly automated or has moved to low-cost countries. More companies in the “de-industrialized” countries are increasingly focused on offering and exporting services.<\/p>\n

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How does business culture affect my organization?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Culture can affect organizations, of all sizes, in the following areas:<\/p>\n