Leadership in Organizations – Week #7 Assignment

Shaping Culture

This week you learned about the importance of shaping culture and how it is a critical function of leadership.

Write a paper on organizational culture.

Address the following in your paper:

·What is culture?

·Why is it important?

·Internal integration.

·External adaptation.

·Also include a description of a culture for an organization you are familiar with. Identify some physical artifacts—such as logo, mascot, building, advertising images—associated with the company and discuss what underlying values these suggest.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

·Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.

·Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

·Include cover page and reference page.

·At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

·No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

·Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.

·Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.