Monday, December 14, 2009

Monday, November 09, 2009

Organizational Culture


Organizational Culture has been defined as "the specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organization and that control the way they interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organization.

Organizational values are beliefs and ideas about what kinds of goals members of an organization should pursue and ideas about the appropriate kinds or standards of behavior organizational members should use to achieve these goals.

From organizational values develop organizational norms, guidelines or expectations that prescribe appropriate kinds of behavior by employees in particular situations and control the behavior of organizational members towards one another." (Hill & Jones, 2001)

Senior management may try to determine a corporate culture. They may wish to impose corporate values and standards of behavior that specifically reflect the objectives of the organization. In addition, there will also be an extant internal culture within the workforce.
Work-groups within the organization have their own behavioral quirks and interactions which, to an extent, affect the whole system. Task culture can be imported.

For example, computer technicians will have expertise, language and behaviors gained independently of the organization, but their presence can influence the culture of the organization as a whole.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Qurban Mulia Di Tempat yang Lebih Memerlukan



Kini musim haji menjengah kembali dan umat Islam yang berkemampuan akan menunaikan rukun Islam yang kelima iaitu ibadah haji di Tanah Suci Mekah.

Selain itu ibadah yang digalakkan dilakukan sempena Aidil Adha ialah melakukan ibadah qurban di mana-mana sahaja di atas muka bumi ini sempena peristiwa besar yang berlaku di antara Nabi Ibrahim dan Nabi Ismail.

Ibadah qurban dilakukan dengan mengagihkan daging atau diberi makan kepada golongan fakir miskin. Namun pada hari ini di dapati ibadah qurban seakan menjadi adat di mana pelaksanaannya tertumpu di kawasan orang yang mewah dan senang.

Kedapatan kadang-kadang sampai 20 hingga 30 ekor lembu disembelih di satu-satu kawasan yang pada zahirnya didiami oleh orang yang berada. Memang daging sembelihan diagihkan kepada orang miskin dan anak yatim, namun sebahagian lagi dibawa balik atau diagih-agihkan kepada golongan berada.

Sepatutnya qurban dibuat di kawasan yang di diami oleh orang miskin, susah atau fakir dan golongan yang berada memberikan wang untuk membeli lembu dan disembelih di kawasan golongan yang susah. Contohnya di rumah anak yatim dan di kawasan yang dikenal pasti ramai orang susah sama ada dalam atau luar negara.