Analysis of organisational cultures : a survey about managers’ view at Algerian electricity production companies

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This study focused on the diagnosis of organizational cultures types in the Algerian electricity generation plants.

After a study conducted on a sample of 134 managers.

We have acquired the four types of organizational cultures of Harrison and Stokes model that consists the power culture, the role culture, the achievement culture and consolidation culture.

The results showed the spread of the force culture, the role culture, the achievement culture, where it scored the biggest spread of the power culture.

But the preferences were on a different form, has favored a culture of achievement rather of force, strengthening and the role cultures.

These preferences included all the managers according the different of personal and professional characteristics.

Well, after comparing the results on the cultures existing and desired, it revealed that the organizations has a power culture greater than the desirable, achievement and strengthen Culture are lower than the desirable.

As well as the ratios are convergent regarding the existing and desired culture of the role.