Organizational Culture Vis-a-Vis Work Productivity: Basis for Sustainable Development

Abstract

Organizational culture serve as a framework of an organization it includes the organization's expectations, experiences, philosophy, and values that hold it together, and is expressed in its self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations. It is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written and unwritten rules that have been developed over time and are considered valid. Furthermore, it is the ways the organization conducts its business, treats its employees, customers, and the wider community; the extent to which freedom is allowed in decision making, developing new ideas, and personal expression; how power and information flow through its hierarchy, and how committed employees are towards collective objectives. Productivity on the other hand, is a measure of the efficiency of a person, machine, factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs, this it is computed by dividing average output per period by the total costs incurred or resources (capital, energy, material, personnel) consumed in that period. Finally, it is a critical determinant of cost efficiency. The study assessed the level of commitment in the Organizational Culture in terms of: Employees engagement, Gender and Diversity and Performance Management vis-à-vis with Work Productivity, in terms of Compensation, Benefits and Recognition and Awards. A total of 100 respondents from three (3) industries were used as a population. The level of employee commitment within the organizational culturein terms of, Employment Engagement, Gender and Diversity, and Performance Management from the three industrieswas significantly different. As such, it was associated with the age of the employees, the size of the group which the employees belong, and gender of the employees.There is a significant positive relationship between organizational culture and work productivity. It means that a higher level of commitment in the organizational culture will result to a higher level of work productivity.