In class 19 we learned that building up a successful organizational culture is tightly related to the performance of human resource management. In other words, it seems to me that the leader of a working firm is creating a pattern of shared value while the employees are trying to fit into the environment created. However, I believe that organizational value is not merely defined by certain head persons, but rather created by all employees in the firm. As a result, everyone has the responsibility of contributing to the creation of organizational culture.

We have witnessed a public drama of organizational culture run amok – the case of the Miami Dolphins football team. It’s too naïve to think that locker room bullying, racial slurs and harassment happened because of the leader didn’t define an organizational culture and try to implement it. As leaders of such famous football team, they definitely did. From my point of view, the truth behind such scandal is that all the players didn’t fall in line because they didn’t agree upon the doctrines existed. Organizational culture is not just about words. Instead, it’s something created when all employees communicate and unanimously agree with each other. It’s predictable that if all the players in Miami Dolphins football team respect each other and find shared value together, such verbal and physical abuse could be totally prevented.

As a result, we really need to question ourselves: who is the real person in charge of creating organizational culture? Employers or Employees? I believe it’s the latter.

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Picture1: <http://barry-overstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Effecting-Organizational-Culture.jpg>.

Picture2: <http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-11-05/news/sfl-miami-dolphins-bullying-scandal-20131105_1_chan-lowe-bullying-problem-scandal>.