Activity 1: Corporate culture and strategy URL: Culture clash: When corporate culture fights strategy,.Questions to consider: Can you think of any examples where you experienced various culture types (Market, Clan, Adhocracy and Hierarchy culture) as a consumer to, or employee of, an organisation? If so, what is your evaluation of the aligment between its corporate culture and strategy? Activity 2: Definition of culture URL: What is Organizational Culture? And Why Should We Care?what-is-organizational-culture/ Questions to consider: Why do you think people’s definition of culture may vary? Which definition of culture do you agree with most and why? Activity 3: Corporate culture instilled in HRM practices and customer satisfaction URLs:Question to consider: What does building a culture-based company entail? Activity 4: Toyota’s corporate culture and the problem of spreading its culture URL: Question to consider: How would you describe Toyota's culture using the seven dimensions of organisational culture and/ or the Cultural Web? Activity 5:Cultural web and its use in practice (call centre) URL: ‘Using cultural models for changing corporate culture’ http://www.changefactory.com.au/articles/change-management/using-cultural-models-for-changing-corporate-culture/ Questions to consider: Do you agree with the author’s view on the effectiveness of cultural web model in changing corporate culture (compared to other models of corporate culture) as presented in the article? Why or why not? What would be the benefits of using typology type instead?

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