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politics of organizational culture  

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  • Organizational cultures have many manifestations, including formal policies and practices that are written down in company handbooks, informal norms like cooperation or competition, espoused or enacted values, stories, rituals, dress norms, and even the effects of architecture or interior furnishings on how people interact at work. Culture is the underlying patterns of meaning associated with these manifestations. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Politics of Organizational Culture]

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