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Sustainable organizational development

Data-based support in the organizational culture

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What is this article about?

In today's dynamic business world, organizational culture is one of the key success factors. A healthy culture in organizations promotes innovation, adaptability, employee satisfaction and performance. But how can you make a culture measurable and manageable and what counts as part of an organizational culture?

On the one hand, organizational culture encompasses the shared values, beliefs, norms and rituals that shape behaviour and interactions within a company. On the other hand, an innovative orientation (vision, mission statement), communication dynamics and also cooperation structures shape the culture of a company. The organizational culture is the invisible bond that connects employees and gives them orientation.

In order to measure an organizational culture, employees must be involved. It is important to record the impact and effects of measures, actions and changes at regular intervals. Transformation projects in particular involve complex processes that often require far-reaching changes to the organizational structure and culture.

In order to be effective in the long term, changes must reach all employees (at all levels) and be firmly anchored in the corporate culture. Systematic support, structured analysis and visualization of the dynamics are offered by providers such as our cooperation partner Kibun.

What does Kibun do?

Kibun offers software for continuous employee feedback. This makes the mood in the company tangible and the success of various organizational development measures measurable. With the use of Kibun:

... a sustainable and successful further development of an organization.

... a participative and interactive mode of transformation that is transparent and comprehensible.

... strengthened communication, employee satisfaction and identification.

Support is provided in four steps:

Accompaniment by Kibun
1. Phase 04

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Categories of questions for identifying potential in organizational development

By continuously evaluating different areas, a comprehensive picture emerges of the measures required for successful and needs-based organizational development. The good thing about a continuous approach: It provides direct feedback on success and effectiveness.

  • Icon Corporate culture

    Corporate culture

    Every corporate culture is unique. Questions about the company's own characteristics and values help to get a good picture of the culture.

    Suitable scale questions include:

    • Everyone in the company lives the value of sovereignty.
    • I feel well informed about the current transformation process.
    • The working atmosphere motivates me and promotes productive work.
  • Icon Internal processes

    Internal processes

    What could be more obvious than surveying employees to optimize internal processes? Simply, quickly and with meaningful results. After all, they know best where they see room for improvement in their daily work. Questions include, for example:

    • How satisfied are you with the home office arrangement?
    • Do you feel sufficiently trained for the introduction of the new software X?
    • How can we make the allocation of meeting rooms more efficient?
  • Icon Self-reflection

    Self-reflection

    Space for reflection and gratitude is demonstrably crucial for satisfaction, as this article shows. This in turn has a major impact on motivation and productivity. In short: it's worth it for employees and the company.

    Helpful questions are:

    • What/who has put a smile on your face in the last few weeks?
    • Who in your team would you like to say thank you to and why?
    • Which skills should be promoted more in the company?
  • Icon Benefits

    Benefits

    What benefits does the organization offer and are they actually effective? The following questions - among others - can help to evaluate existing offers and optimize them in a targeted manner:

    • Do you use the benefits of the company health fund?
    • How satisfied are you with the food on offer in the canteen?
    • Would you use public transport to get to work if the bus ticket was free?

Fields of action for organizational development

Fields of action for organizational development

The integral competency model helps organizations to analyze the discrepancy between the required and existing competencies. It supports the development of clear strategies for developing the skills of the workforce. A distinction is made between four quadrants, which represent the components of a cultural transformation: Inner Attitude, Individual Behavior, Culture and Relationship and Systems and Structures.

By assigning the survey results to the quadrants of the model, it is possible to identify suitable measures and support formats for cultural transformation.

Find out more about our cooperation, tailor-made approaches and many years of experience in organizational development.
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