Company culture: what it is and what it means

Company culture is the set of shared assumptions, values and behaviors that shape the way an organization works, decides and relates to customers and suppliers. It does not coincide with organizational climate — the temperature perceived at a given moment — nor with the values written on the website, nor with employer branding aimed at the outside. The deep structure of culture is slow to change and generates the climate, but it is not exhausted by it.

Distinctive: shared assumptions, values and behaviors
Distinctive: temperature perceived at a given moment
Essential: shape the way an organization works
Essential: does not coincide with organizational climate
Constant: decides and relates to customers and suppliers

Glossary

Company culture

The set of shared assumptions, values and behaviors that shape the way an organization works, decides and relates to customers and suppliers.