The Organizational Culture of a Casual Dining Restaurant

Abstract

Culture, when first heard of, is a complex term which could be overwhelming. Most often, when an organization sets its vision, mission, beliefs, and values, there is this connotation that the culture of the organization is now fixed and everything will fall into place. Although these factors affect culture, in reality, it comprises only a small part of organizational culture. Culture is not what is dictated. It is what is executed. Behavior, systems, and practices all guided by a set of values; these are elements of organizational culture (Daimler, 2018). An organization’s culture significantly affects its people. And when people are concerned, we have only two types of results: either good or bad. Culture affects and an organization’s competitiveness. Organizational culture does not only depend on the company or top management alone, although they play a massive role in this one. Since every organization is composed of individuals working toward a goal, then the culture of every organization stems from each individual who makes up the organization –from the executives down to the bottom of the organizational chart. This quantitative research presents the organizational culture of a casual dining restaurant in the Philippines.