{"id":2146,"date":"2019-04-02T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmkedev.wpengine.com\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:34:29","slug":"company-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/company-culture","title":{"rendered":"Company Culture: What it Entails and How to Identify it"},"content":{"rendered":"

You walk into an interview with the departmental manager, who will become your immediate boss if you are successful in getting the job. You arrived dressed in a sharp suit looking like the senior-most executive in the company. However, as you walk in, you notice something strange; people are seated at long desks, busy typing away on their computers. Some have earphones on and others have those hairstyles that everyone has told you reduce your employability chances. The manager who is interviewing you is donning a pair of jeans and a polo t-shirt and you definitely look like the manager in this setting, based on how your worldview is shaped and the research you have done. <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, what you just witnessed is what is commonly known as company culture. Company culture is a set of values and principles that guide how people act in an organization. It cuts across performance, dress code, relations, and reporting structures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organizations have different cultures which suit their day-to-day activities and which work best in their unique market and the environment. Company culture<\/a> is what defines the organization\u2019s philosophy and it is expressed in its interaction within the organization, with key stakeholders and in the image it portrays to the outer world.<\/span><\/p>\n

An company\u2019s culture is often displayed via:<\/span><\/p>\n

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