Culture assessment: Definition, types and questions

In order to be able to assess your culture, it is important to KNOW what your company culture is. The thing about culture is, there is no good or bad culture, and you cannot compare yours to any other company’s culture. 

It wouldn’t be fair to copy someone else’s culture and think it would work the same for your organization. There are certain culture types that you can look for and decide where your culture lies:

• Innovative – organizations with an innovative culture are always up to try out new things, whether it is new technology adaptation or changing ways of working things for the betterment of its employees and itself.
• Aggressive – organizations with an aggressive culture tend to be always on for a race with the competitors. This competitive culture is the core goal of these organizations and is based on the ideology to be always on top of the race. 
• Result-oriented – organizations that are result oriented focus more on every step they take and the numbers and statistics. Result oriented companies work to focus on the sales and treat employees and managers equally accountable for the success and value their contribution the most.
• Stable culture – most organizations follow a stable culture rather than changing it every now and then. They believe this stability brings them a sense of predictability and assurance of how things will turn out if they do things in a certain way. The results of such organizations can be calculated prior through statistical calculations.
• Employee-oriented – organizations that have employee-oriented work culture focus more on treating their employees with dignity and respect. Managers of such organizations take extra steps to make their employees feel important and valued.