The Role of Organizational Culture in the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Subject Areas : Business Management
Soleyman Iranzadeh
1
,
Davood Noruozi
2
,
Sadegh Babaeiheravi
3
1 - Associate Professor, Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Master of Industrial Management and member of Young Researchers Club of Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch
3 - Master of Industrial Management and member of Young Researchers Club of Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch
Keywords: Organizational Culture, Economic Development, Economic Growth, small and medium enterprises,
Abstract :
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are nowadays considered as the beating heart of economy and the powerful arm of exports in different countries.That is why these enterprises are very important, and if they prosper and develop, there will be an increase in non-oil exports as well as in social welfare. The purpose of the present resarch is to study the organizational culture effective on small and medium enterprises, and to investigate the differences among the organizational culture indices within these enterprises. The statistical population includes all the managers of small and medium enterprises, from among whom the sample has been taken by using stratified random sampling. In order to collect data,a questionnaire was used ,and its validity and reliability were confirmed by preliminary evaluation and the experts and professors' views. In the next stage, with the use of SPSS software,the mean score for each of the organizational culture indicators was calculated. The t test was used to evaluate the difference between the scores of organizational culture in small and medium enterprises. Ultimately,the relationship between the dimensions of organizational culture in small and medium enterprises was investigated.
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Audretsch, D.B. ; Santarelli, E. & Vivarelli, M. (1999), “Start-up size and Industrial Dynamics: some evidence from Italian manufacturing”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 17, P: 965-83.
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Barbosa, I. & Cardoso, C.C. (2007), “Managing diversity in academic organization: challenge to organizational culture”, Journal of Woman in management Review, 22 (4), pp.274-288.
Brown, Andrew (1995), “Organizational culture, London”, Pitman pulishing. P.14-21.
Bielschowsky, R. (1995), “The Taiwanese Experience with Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises (SMEs): Possible Lessons for Latin American and the Caribbean”, Desarollo Productive, No. 28, ECLAC, Santiago.
Cameron, K. (1985), “Cultural congruence, srength and type: relationship to effectiveness” National institute of education, p. 50, Michigan: ASHE.
Cunha, R. & Cooper, C. (2002), “Does privatization affect corporate culture and employee wellbeing?” Journal of Managerial Psychology, 17(1),p. 21-49.
Denison, D.; Cho, H.J. & Young, J. (2000), “Diagnosing Organizational Culture: a model and method”, working paper, International for management development, p.20.
Denison, R. D. & Mishra, K. A. (1995), “Toward a theory of organisational culture and effectiveness”, Organisation Science, 6(2): p.205-223.
Fani, A. A., & Hossein Nejad, H. (2002). Organizational Culture of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad. Tedbir Magazine, 13, 38-42, (In Persian).
Fey, F. C. & Denison, R. D. (2003), “Organisational culture and effectiveness: Can American theory be applied in Russia?”, Organisation Science, 14(6): p.686-706.
Francois, H. (2006), “Organizational culture and performance measurement systems”, Journal of Accounting, Organizations and Society, 31, 77-103.
Glisson, C. (2007), “Assessing and changing organisational culture and climate for effective services”, Research on Social Work Practice, 17(6), p.736-747.
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Hedayati, H. (2006). The Role of Culture in Selecting a Strategy Model. First Strategic Management Conference, (In Persian).
Hofstede, G. (1980), “Cultures Consequences”, Sago Beverly hills.
Holmes, p.; Stone, I. & Braid ford, P. (1999), “An Analysis of New Firm Survival Using a Hazard Function”.
Kinicki, A. & Kreitner, R. (2007), “Organizational Behavior”, McGraw-Hill, Third Edition, New York: NY.
Korte, R. & Chermack, T. (2007), “Changing organizational culture with scenario planning”, Journal of Futures,39,pp.645- 656.
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O’Laoire D. (1996), “Wider applications of the systems based approach The EMS in the SME. In: Welford R”, editor. Corporate environmental management: systems and strategies. London: EarthScan.
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Yilmaz, C. & Ergan, E. (2008), “Organizational culture and firm effectiveness: An examination of relative effects of culture traits and the balanced culture hypothesis in an emerging economy”, Journal of World
