Question: Culture spotting

1· Identify as many components of culture (artifacts, beliefs and values, underlying assumptions) in an organisation or unit as you can.

2· What may the artifacts suggest about the deeper beliefs and values, or underlying assumptions?

3· Gather evidence (preferably by asking people) about how the culture affects behaviour, and whether they think it helps or hinders performance.

4· Analyse your results and decide which of the four types in the competing values framework most closely reflects that organisation's culture.