Analysis Of The Impact Of Globalization On Selected Key Dimensions Of Organizational Culture

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Globalization on selected key dimensions of Organizational Culture in the educational services industry in Xi’an,China.Using The adapted Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument questionnaire(OCAI)and a Correlation study to measure the impact of the Degree of Globalization on selected key dimensions of Organizational Culture.The first section of this thesis covers an analysis of the previous literatures,implying 5 Subsections about the two key variables of this thesis,Globalization and Organizational Culture.Both The literature review and the findings provide an insight about Organizational Culture in China and the impact of Globalization on Corporate Culture.The Empirical study involves two parts,initiating with The adapted Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument(OCAI).The purpose was to identify the current dominant culture in the Educational service industry in Xi’an,China.Given that The OCAI identifies the culture type of the organization,the strength of the culture type,resemblance of culture types across the organization.Moreover,the adapted OCAI consists of five questions(i.e.,Dominant Characteristics,Organizational Leadership,Management of Employees,Strategic Emphases,Success Criteria).Each question has four alternatives(A=Clan,B=Adhocracy,C=Market,D=Hierarchy).From the assessment results,four dimensions of the dominant culture were selected.The second part of the Empirical study implies a correlational study to measure the impact of Globalization on selected key dimensions of the dominant culture,namely: Competitiveness,Organizational glue,Customer orientation,Work-Life Imbalance.