CULTURE WEB

To assess the extent of change required

Culture = interlinked set of organisational subsystems in which the paradigm drives the visible manifestations of culture:

- organisational symbols

- routines and rituals

- stories

- control systems

- structures.

Why do we use it?

The web can be completed for the current organisational culture, and then redrawn to represent the type of culture that is necessary if the proposed changes are to be successful.

If the changes require alteration to some of the central assumptions and beliefs sitting in the paradigm, then the changes will be transformational. The use of such a framework can prevent overestimation of the extent of change required, the announcement of wholesale culture change, and subsequent disillusionment when this does not materialise because it is not necessary.