Organisational security culture in small enterprises: a case study

Abstract

The cultural crisis and the sense of loss of contemporary man are in a way a consequence of the imbalance between the uneven development of the sphere concerning his mentality and the technical and technological progress in the workplace. An increasingly important element of the contemporary human working environment is the culture of security, and one of its important parts is the organisational culture. This culture manifests itself in the behaviours and relations of individuals and employee teams, in courts and attitudes, in the way of solving problems and conflicts, organising work and human cooperation. It is an inseparable element of interpersonal relations and shaping order between cooperating people. The subject of the research was the organisational culture of TECHZBYT trade company. However, the aim is to determine to what extent the organisational culture of TECHZBYT company influences the level of employee security culture. Based on the subject and aim of the research, the following main research problem was formulated: What is the impact and significance of TECHZBYT's organisational culture on the effectiveness of operation and on the level of employee security culture? The research area has been made the TECHZBYT company, which is a local trading company with a certified quality management system in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 9002 standard. It is a leading trading and service company located in the Pomeranian Province, which deals with trade in metallurgical and construction products. The mission of TECHZBYT Sp. z o.o. is to meet customer expectations by distributing construction products of excellent quality in convenient places. The surveyed group consisted of employees of Techzbytsp. z o.o. and the research method used was a diagnostic survey (questionnaire tool). The group consisted of 30 basic level employees. The article consists of several parts, in the first part there is an introduction to the issue. Next, selected examples of defining security culture are presented. In the next part, the author's team indicated the need to conduct research in the area of a given organisation. The final part is empirical research on the evaluation of security culture in the organisational behaviour of employees.