oration into the new paradigm, the old paradigm still rings true and is very effective for many smaller, more localized companies, which are still a vital part of our world today.2.Symbols can be very important to corporate culture. As cited in the book, symbols can convey themes which are important to a well functioning corporation. The symbol “Big Blue”, was once a symbol of pride for its employees, but is now a symbol of lost jobs as a result of massive downsizing in the early 1990’s.Unfortunately, I think that most of these things are laughed off by the general population of employees. The symbol for my company is a bee, because our late founder thought of us as worker bees, constantly plugging away at work. I doubt that anyone thinks this while working, instead it is only cited jokingly, even by managers.I feel the same applies to stories, slogans and heroes. In a warehouse I worked at, there where signs that read, “The customer is why.” Everyone laughed at that one. Our paycheck was why. We also used to make up fiction stories of warehouse heroes who could “carry 34 boxes at once”. The only time a story or hero could be motivation is when the employee can see themselves as that person, who succeed against odds. Or stories related to chaos, which one small event greatly influenced the company. But in general, I feel that these thing are around the same level as symbols, passively perceived.3.I heard that if we were to eliminate the City of New York right now, that the work, not just the United States, would enter a severe depression. This, in a nutshell, demonstrates borderlessness. Not since the 1920’s has the US adapted a an isolationist policy, and now, with the worldwide economy, it is impossible. An example would be our dependency of foreign oil, which if cut off, would probably ruin our nation for a period of time. We no longer have the means to support ourselves,...
