Culture and Leadership according to Quinn’s Competing Values Framework

People of a nation have their own culture or cultural values, therefore, the members of an organization have their own culture.
The organizational culture is a set of values, beliefs, standards, assumptions and thinking, which is accepted by all members of an organization. These cultural elements are transferred to the new members from which are taught on how to perceive, think and will feel within an organization. In other words, culture shows how things are done within the organization. Generally, organizational culture leads the behavior of the members of the organization and affects the work they do.

The communication and leadership style exercised by the manager in the organization are influenced by the organizational culture. The procedures of innovation, decision making, communication, organization, measurement of performance etc., vary considerably from an organization to organization and these differences are due to the organizational culture. The organizational culture can be diagnosed by observing the behavior of people at work and with interviews.