organisational culture
What organisational culture means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
An internal influence on the mission, listed alongside the founder's beliefs, the form of ownership and the resources available.
A difficulty can be a culture that has never had to change.
Topics that use organisational culture
- Mission, corporate objectives, functional objectives and strategy (AQA A-Level)
- Problems with strategy and why strategies fail (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- balanced scorecard
- resistance to change
- triple bottom line
- Ansoff's Matrix
- conflicting objectives
- Corporate Objective
- corporate objectives
- diversification
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