THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE DIMENSIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGE MODEL
Authors:
Dr. Munir Theeb
Abstract:
Today the organizational culture is treated as the main driver in change implementation in organizations and as a critical determiner of their effectiveness. The study is aimed at exploring the extent of conformity between organizational culture characteristics and their Influence on the development and implementation of the change model in Libyan Universities. It also set out to determine the culture type that dominates according to the dimensions of Organizational Culture (leadership, structures and systems, customer orientation, continuous improvement and innovation). The descriptive approach using the case study method is adopted in which a questionnaire is used to collect the data. The target population was the Libyan Universities. A sample was drawn from the population (N= 288) composed of two categories, academic staff and employees. The results show that the work analysis with SPSS (One-Sample T) Mean and results of the Z-test provides a detailed explanation of Organizational Culture. This analysis shows how organizational culture can operate as a barrier to the development and implementation of the change model. The main part summarizes the problematical characteristics of those cultures studied: five dimensions of organizational culture are identified and their effects examined. A number of issues are then discussed to bring about change or findings in contributing towards a collaborative model of managing change in the Libyan universities. The findings indicate that all the dimensions of the organizational culture influence the implementation of the change model.