战略管理学院期刊

1939-6104

抽象的

Organizational Culture Assessment of a Saudi Public University: Evidence from Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University

Sanjeevni Gangwani, Ghadah Alarifi

Organizational culture is a vital component of any organization as it affects the organization’s performance, effectiveness, success and sustainability. Evaluation of Organization Culture is needed to bring improvement in the individual and group behavior. The objective of present study was to find out prevailing organizational culture of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh and to suggest the course of actions for improving the organizational culture. The present study included a survey of 819 employees of PNU randomly drawn using Organizational Culture Assessment Questionnaire (OCAQ). This instrument assessed five functions of organizational culture. It included managing change, achieving goals, coordinating teamwork, building a strong culture and customer orientation. Factor analysis was undertaken (using SPSS 25 version) yielded three factors accounting for 54% of the variance in the data. These factors were identified as Organization objectives, organization process and organization policy. The findings of the study are useful in identifying organization factors influencing the organization culture.Recommendations are included at the end of the research.

: