PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY !!!! BASED ON OCI RESULTS COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Add three to five paragraphs about your learning experience impacted by the Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI). Please specifically discuss/assess what you see as an ideal culture or a culture that is ideal for rapid change. In two to three paragraphs, discuss how Continuous Improvement is impacting healthcare, banking, retail and/or government (choose one area). Merger of Lean and Six Sigma are interesting topics you can explore here.

Organizational Culture Profile The culture of your organization is reflected in the shared values and beliefs that guide the thinking and behavior of members. While the prevailing culture can be somewhat subtle and abstract, it nevertheless sets patterns for the activities of the organization and the personal styles exhibited by members. These styles can range from Affiliative and Achievement oriented in organizations with Constructive cultures to Competitive and Dependent in those with Defensive cultures. The Organizational Culture Inventory provides a point-in-time picture of the culture of your organization. The results reflect your beliefs regarding how members should interact with one another in carrying out their work and meeting the expectations of their supervisors. The profile below graphically portrays your impressions of your organization’s culture in terms of norms and expectations for 12 distinct, but inter-related, behavioral styles. Click on any of the sectors in your OCI profile to see a brief description of the style or click here to view the descriptions of all twelve styles. Click here to read about how to interpret your OCI profile. OCI Style Your Raw Score Your Percentile Score Typical Ideal Percentile Score* 1. Humanistic-Encouraging 48 96% 85% 2. Affiliative 48 93% 71% 3. Approval 24 32% 27% 4. Conventional 23 26% 18% 5. Dependent 38 29% 24% 6. Avoidance 33 94% 27% 7. Oppositional 30 90% 45% 8. Power 27 63% 30% 9. Competitive 22 50% 42% 10. Perfectionistic 30 53% 25% 11. Achievement 46 94% 78% 12. Self-Actualizing 45 97% 82% * The typical ideal percentile scores are based on the average scores of 10 members randomly selected from each of 56 different organizations. The 560 respondents in this sample completed the OCI-Ideal, answering in terms of how people should be expected to behave to maximize the effectiveness of their organization.