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N /A 1 987 A dult E ducatio n, C orp ora te E ducatio n, C ult u ra l C onte xt, F ore ig n C ountr ie s, G ro up D ynam ic s, O rg aniz atio nal C lim ate , O rg aniz atio nal D evelo pm ent, O rg aniz atio nal O bje ctiv es, S ocia l E nvir o nm ent, S ta ff D evelo pm ent C anada S askatc hew an T his p aper d is cusses th e r o le o f s ta ff d evelo pm ent u nit s w it h r e spect to " c orp ora te c ult u re " a nd in lig ht o f th e e xperie nce of th e S ta ff D evelo pm ent D iv is io n o f th e S askatc hew an P ublic S erv ic e. T he te rm " c orp ora te c ult u re " h as b een d efin ed a s th e v alu es, s ym bols , a nd b elie fs th at p eople in a g iv en o rg aniz atio n h old jo in tly a nd th at th us g uid e a n o rg aniz atio n.

C orp ora te c ult u re h as a p ow erfu l in flu ence th ro ughout a n o rg aniz atio n, a ffe ctin g e very th in g fr o m w hat d ecis io ns g et m ade to w ho g ets p ro m ote d. It is e specia lly im porta nt fo r p ers ons jo in in g a n o rg aniz atio n to k now w heth er th e o rg aniz atio n's c ult u re a nd v alu es a re c om patib le w it h th eir o w n. M anagers m ust lik ew is e u nders ta nd h ow th eir o rg aniz atio n's c orp ora te c ult u re w ork s if th ey w ant to a ccom plis h th e g oals th at th ey h ave esta blis hed. S ta ff d evelo pm ent u nit s c an p erfo rm fo ur ro le s w it h r e spect to c orp ora te c ult u re . S uch u nit s c an ( 1 ) a naly ze a n o rg aniz atio n's v alu es, ( 2 ) d efin e th em , ( 3 ) in flu ence th em , a nd ( 4 ) r e fle ct th em . A naly zin g a n o rg aniz atio n's v alu es m ig ht in volv e id entif y in g th e v alu es p eople b elie ve th at a g iv en o rg aniz atio n h as, o r it m ay m ean m akin g a n o rg aniz atio nal d ia gnosis ( i. e ., d ete rm in in g w here th e o rg aniz atio n is t o day, w here it w ants to g o, a nd h ow it c an g et th ere ). A s ta ff d evelo pm ent u nit c an e sta blis h m echanis m s w here by people a t a ll le vels in th e o rg aniz atio n c an d efin e it s v alu es. In flu encin g a n o rg aniz atio n's v alu es e nta ils e sta blis hin g hero es w ho p ers onif y th e c ult u re , d evelo pin g c om munic atio ns s yste m s to c arry th e c ult u re 's m essage, a nd d evelo pin g perfo rm ance m anagem ent s yste m s to r e w ard p erfo rm ance th at is in k eepin g w it h c orp ora te v alu es. L ik e h um an re sourc e d epartm ents , s ta ff d evelo pm ent u nit s fu lf ill a s upportiv e fu nctio n. Y et, b ecause s ta ff d evelo pm ent h as a s tr o ng Lan guag e: N um ber o f P ag es:

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