e week. He meet individually with me while he was there to see if I had memorized the company policies, etc.,which all employees are to know and to find out a little bit about me. The first thing he proceeded to do was to look me up and down and say well fist thing you need to do is to get yourself a pair of Antonios shoes but other than that you have the image we are looking for.. This strongly illustrates my point. I feel he should have come up with a more professional way of conveying his expectations of me. Before I left the organization another part-time employee was hired. This same supervisor told another member of our staff that she looks like she just stepped out of Wal-Mart and she needs to fix herself up a little bit.According to the definitions use in the text, Organization Theory, Structure Design and Applications, the culture of this organization has a good fit but a happy medium must be found as they are currently pushing it too far. The organizational effectiveness will be negatively effected in the long run, hopefully managers will realize turnover will remain high and efficiency within retail outlets will be low if this continues.Company Culture and EffectivenessOrganizational effectiveness in its broadest and most appropriate sense is defined as the degree to which an organization attains its short term and long term goals, the selection of which reflects strategic constituencies, the self-interest of the evaluator and the life stage of the organization. Four separate approaches to effectiveness are reflected in this meaning, each being useful in different situations.The first is the goal attainment approach. This defines an organization as being effective to the extent that it accomplishes its stated goals. The main goals for this organization are both profit and image oriented. The culture that exists in Antonios organization gives a strong company image, leads to high levels of awareness among consume...
