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Culture has many dimensions. These include the balance between internal focus and external focus; the balance between direct controls and indirect controls, the extent to which communications are closed or open, whether the motivation comes mainly from production or innovation, whether the relationships a team based or individual based; and so on.
Culture is the result of the relationship between the staff and organisation. Culture can be described as “the way we do things around here”. It’s often reflected in the organisational self talk, which is just as influential as individual self talk. It tends to come out at the office parties and in the tea room. It is the subject of myths and stories told and retold. Understanding these stories and if necessary helping to change them is a powerful tool towards establishing a new set of values and culture.