Organizational Culture and Its Importance in the Public Administration Sector

Abstract

The article analyzes the results of the studies by domestic as well as foreign scientists concerning the importance of organizational culture for the public administration sector. The links of organizational culture are distinguished, which indicates its indissolubility with the processes of both the organization’s activities and the effectiveness. Culture helps to overcome the organizational ambiguity of employee behavior and contributes to their effective behavior. The main characteristics inherent in organizational and corporate cultures are disclosed. It is determined that the difference between organizational culture and corporate culture relates to so-called «politics», that is, in the way public officials interact with politics and society as a whole. It is proved that most cultural studies focus on private organizations, and only a small number of them pay attention to the public sector. It is noted that any study of the organizational culture of the public sector should take into account its external context, that is, its relationship with politics and society as a whole. The external context may relate to the attitude of public officials to politics, relations of public officials with citizens and civil society. In the internal context, the ratios of public officials may differ in specific characteristics, such as distance from power, avoidance of uncertainty, leadership in decision-making and employee preferences. Attention is focused on the parameters of organizational culture, various points of view of scientists are analyzed. The profiles of organizational culture, serving to the quantifying purposes, are characterized.

Keywords

• organizational culture
• corporate culture
• public administration
• public officials
• organizational culture parameters