Culture includes various aspects of human life. Therefore, the concept of culture is sometimes so diverse and its interpretations exist in several ways. Due to the breadth of understanding of the term, controversial questions arise, for example: is there a difference between corporate culture and organizational culture? This will be discussed in the article.
Culture is the interpretation of the term.
For the first time, the concept of culture arose in 160 BC. e. in the agricultural treatise of Cato the Elder, writer, historian and statesman of Ancient Rome. Distinguish between a religious culture and associated with the subjective qualities of a person. The term has been interpreted according to the many existing scientific and philosophical definitions. For example, there are such statements about the essence of the subject of culture: "Culture is the practical implementation of spiritual and universal values." In the great Soviet encyclopedia, culture is explained as the level of development of a person and society existing at a certain historical stage, manifested in the types of people’s activities and the organization of their lives, as well as spiritual values created by humanity. In Y. Lotman, the concept of culture includes a collection of information about human behavior that is not genetically inherited. Daniil Andreev understood by culture all the creative baggage available to mankind. In the modern interpretation of value culture, the whole totality of the results of human activity is distinguished, which are recognized as valuable within specific social systems. Their combination is a characteristic feature of a social group and its spiritual basis.
The term “corporate culture” and “organizational culture”
Conducted scientific research, the purpose of which is to study the life of organizations, manipulates both concepts “corporate culture” and “organizational culture”, practically using them as synonyms. This opinion comes from domestic researchers V.A. Spivak, O.S. Vikhanovsky and others.
There are still differences between organizational and corporate culture. T. Yu. Bazarov has the opinion that organizational culture should be understood as a general characteristic of the organization, which includes its values, assessment of performance, behavior, ideas about the goals of the organization, principles of behavior and response options. He also explains corporate culture as unsubstantiated assumptions assembled into a complex set that is accepted by all members of the organization and sets the framework for most of the organization. Thus, the concept of corporate culture includes a unique set of values and behavioral models that are individual for each particular organization. A. A. Maksimenko is trying to draw a line between organizational and corporate culture by the size of the organization, but does not specify what should be the number of employees in either case.
But at the same time, the concept of organizational culture is more general in relation to “corporate”, since not every organization can be a corporation. If the term “corporate” refers to a professional culture, then it will include the values and norms of workers employed in a particular area and serve as the basis for awareness of responsibility to society and its significance. Now we can interpret “corporate culture” as a collective term that summarizes the organizational cultures of enterprises that are engaged in the same field of activity.
Trying to separate these two terms, we can conclude that the concept of culture, including organizational, acts as a broader one, designed to reflect the activities of the enterprise (organization) team, the formation of a “team”, and the development of a unified work style for all employees. A corporate culture in more detail covers the activities of the team, and consists of philosophy, a system of values, norms of behavior, behavioral rituals that are formed in the organization.
