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Title: What a cultural audit is and when an organization should use one?
Description: A cultural audit is an orderly assessment and assessment of the cultural perspectives inside an organization. It includes evaluating the values, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and generally speaking organizational culture. The motivation behind a cultural audit is to understand the current culture, recognize qualities and shortcomings, and propose proposals for improvement.

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What a cultural audit is and when an organization should use one?

A cultural audit is an orderly assessment and assessment of the cultural perspectives inside
an organization
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The motivation behind a cultural audit is to understand the current
culture, recognize qualities and shortcomings, and propose proposals for improvement
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Values and Beliefs: Looking at the core standards and philosophies that guide the
organization
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Norms and Behaviors: Investigating the normal behaviors and practices displayed by
employees at different levels
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Communication Styles: Evaluating how information streams inside the organization and
the adequacy of communication channels
...
Leadership Style: Assessing the leadership approach and its effect on the organizational
culture
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Employee Engagement: Understanding the degree of employee association, fulfillment,
and responsibility
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Diversity and Inclusion: Inspecting the organization's obligation to diversity and
inclusion
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Merger or Acquisition: When organizations combine or secure another, a cultural audit
distinguishes contrasts and similitudes in organizational societies, working with a smoother
reconciliation
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Organizational Change: Before or during tremendous changes, for example, rebuilding,
leadership advances, or methodology moves, a cultural audit can evaluate the effect on the
current culture
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Performance Issues: In the event that an organization is confronting difficulties connected
with efficiency, employee morale, or other performance issues, a cultural audit can assist
with distinguishing basic cultural factors adding to these issues
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Continuous Improvement: Even without explicit difficulties, organizations might involve
cultural audits as a component of progressing efforts for continuous improvement and
development
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Leadership Development: While preparing new pioneers or preparing existing ones, a
cultural audit can give bits of knowledge into leadership styles and their arrangement with
the ideal organizational culture
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Conflict Resolution: In circumstances where there is interdepartmental or relational
conflict, a cultural audit can reveal cultural factors adding to the conflict and inform
resolution methodologies
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The discoveries can then be utilized to make a
guide for encouraging a positive and successful organizational culture
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Academic Journals:


"Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict"



"Organizational Dynamics"



"Journal of Applied Behavioral Science"

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Schein



"Corporate Culture and Performance" by John P
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Heskett



"The Corporate Culture Survival Guide" by Edgar H
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Business Publications:


Harvard Business Review (HBR)



McKinsey Quarterly



MIT Sloan Management Review

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Title: What a cultural audit is and when an organization should use one?
Description: A cultural audit is an orderly assessment and assessment of the cultural perspectives inside an organization. It includes evaluating the values, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and generally speaking organizational culture. The motivation behind a cultural audit is to understand the current culture, recognize qualities and shortcomings, and propose proposals for improvement.